Bill C-556 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (improved access)

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

Sponsor

Carole Lavallée Bloc

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

Status

Second reading (House), as of June 5, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Access to Information Act to implement reforms proposed by the Information Commissioner of Canada in 2005.

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-556s:

C-556 (2013) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (breath alcohol analysis)

C-556 (2010) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (exception to inadmissibility)