Bill C-625 (Historical)

Removal of Imprisonment in Relation to Mandatory Surveys Act

An Act to amend the Statistics Act (removal of imprisonment)

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Joe Preston Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Third reading (House), as of June 3, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Statistics Act to protect the privacy of Canadians by requiring their consent for the release, after 92 years, of the information that they provide in a census-related household survey, to remove the imprisonment penalty from two of its offence provisions and to provide that a term of imprisonment is not to be imposed in default of payment of a fine imposed under those provisions.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

March 11, 2015 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

Removal of Imprisonment in Relation to Mandatory Surveys ActPrivate Members' Business