This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.
Tony Clement Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
This enactment establishes the Public Health Agency of Canada to assist the Minister of Health in exercising or performing the Minister’s powers, duties and functions in relation to public health. It also provides that the Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the collection and management of public health information and the protection of confidential information, including personal information. It also makes related and consequential amendments to certain Acts.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-5s:
Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, I believe that if you were to seek it you would find unanimous consent to apply the results of the vote just taken to the motion now before the House, with Conservative members voting yes.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
Karen Redman Liberal Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, Liberals in the House will be voting for the motion.
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, Bloc Québécois members will oppose this motion.
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP will be voting yes on this motion.
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The Speaker Peter Milliken
I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Health.
(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)
