An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Peter Van Loan  Conservative

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of June 26, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Elections Act to enact rules concerning loans, guarantees and suretyships with respect to registered parties, registered associations, candidates, leadership contestants and nomination contestants.

Similar bills

C-21 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Political Loans Accountability Act
C-19 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Political Loans Accountability Act
C-54 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans)

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.

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C-29 (2010) Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act

Votes

June 17, 2008 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
June 10, 2008 Passed That Bill C-29, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans), as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.
June 10, 2008 Passed That Bill C-29, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 35 on page 5 with the following: “Officer shall inform the lender of his or her decision; furthermore, the candidate's registered association or, if there is no registered association, the registered party becomes liable for the unpaid amount as if the association or party had guaranteed the loan.”
June 10, 2008 Passed That Bill C-29, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 29 to 35 on page 4 with the following: “case of a candidate, the selection date as defined in section 478.01 in the case of a nomination contestant, the end of the leadership contest in the case of a leadership contestant, and the end of the fiscal period during which the loan was made in the case of a registered party and registered association, is deemed to be a contribution of the”
June 10, 2008 Passed That Bill C-29, in Clause 4, be amended by deleting lines 13 to 17 on page 2.

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried.

(Bill read the third time and passed)

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

Conservative

Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC

Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, if you seek it, I think you would find unanimous consent for the following motions: one, “That, in relation to its study on the seal harvest, seven members of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be authorized to travel to Brussels, Belgium in September/October 2008 and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee”; two, “That, for the remainder of this session, during its consideration of matters pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Standing Committee on Finance be authorized to adjourn from place to place within Canada and to permit the broadcasting of its proceedings thereon, and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee”; three, “That, in relation to its study of science and technology in Canada, twelve (12) members of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology be authorized to travel to Waterloo, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. in September 2008 and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee”; and four, “That, at any time the House stands adjourned during June 2008, the Standing Committee on Official Languages has ready a report, when that report is deposited with the Clerk, it shall be deemed to have been duly presented to the House”.

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer

Is there unanimous consent?

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

An hon. member

No.

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

Independent

Bill Casey Independent Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS

Mr. Speaker, on the last three motions I would give my consent, but on the first one I would not.

The fisheries committee went to all of the fishing provinces in Canada except Nova Scotia. They refused to come and hold public hearings in Nova Scotia. If they will not do that, they should not be allowed to go to Brussels in Belgium.

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

Conservative

Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC

Mr. Speaker, I would ask then that the other motions I read into the record be deemed adopted by the House unanimously.

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer

Does the hon. government whip have unanimous consent of the House?

Canada Elections ActGovernment Orders

June 17th, 2008 / 5:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.