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 the Library of 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:
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Some hon. members
Nay.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Andrew Sheer) Andrew Scheer
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And more than five members having risen:
Pursuant to order made earlier today, the recorded division stands deferred until Tuesday, June 20, at the expiry of the time provided for oral questions.
Pursuant to order made earlier today, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow at 10 a.m. pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).
(The House adjourned at 10:30 p.m.)
The House resumed from June 19 consideration of the motion that Bill C-5, An Act respecting the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada and amending certain Acts, be read the third time and passed.
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The Speaker Peter Milliken
Pursuant to order made Monday, June 19, 2006, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at third reading stage of Bill C-5.
Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, that worked so well, let us try it once more. I think if you seek it you will find unanimous consent to apply the results of the vote on the motion previously before the House to the motion presently before the House, with the Conservative members present voting yes.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
Karen Redman Liberal Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, Liberal members in the House will be supporting this great Liberal bill and voting in favour of it.
Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, members of the Bloc Québécois will oppose this motion.
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The Speaker Peter Milliken
I declare the motion carried.
(Bill read the third time and passed)
I wish to inform the House that because of the deferred recorded divisions, government orders will be extended by 28 minutes.
