This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.
Gerry Ritz Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act by modifying the eligibility requirements for advances to livestock producers. It also expands the circumstances in which an emergency advance may be paid to producers to include situations of severe economic hardship.
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-44s:
Agricultural Marketing Programs ActRoutine Proceedings
February 25th, 2008 / 3:10 p.m.
Battlefords—Lloydminster Saskatchewan
Conservative
Gerry Ritz ConservativeMinister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-44, An Act to amend the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Ralph Goodale Liberal Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There has been some considerable anticipation about the bill that was just tabled and now that it is in the public domain and members will have an opportunity to examine the provisions of the bill in detail, I wonder if the government would be prepared to consider, later this afternoon, the opportunity to gather unanimous consent in the House to expedite the passage of the legislation, assuming that what is in the bill measures up to how it was described in principle in advance.
I think there may be a disposition to move quickly on the legislation, perhaps even by the procedure of using the committee of the whole and expedite the provisions that are in the bill.
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The Speaker Peter Milliken
I am not sure this is a point of order but I will hear from the government House leader in case he thinks it is.
Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON
Mr. Speaker, as my friend is aware, we are making efforts to discuss with the other parties ways of dealing with the bill that the government has introduced on agricultural support and to have it dealt with as quickly as possible by the House, potentially by extending hours this evening, as well as extending hours with the objective of allowing the Afghanistan debate to continue. Those discussions I hope to be able to get back to the House on later this afternoon.
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The Speaker Peter Milliken
I am sure we all look forward to hearing from the House leaders on this matter.