An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (termination and severance pay)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

John Rafferty  NDP

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

Status

Third reading (House), as of March 9, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to ensure that the claim of a clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker who is owed termination and severance pay by a person is secured as of the date of the bankruptcy or receivership by security on the person's current assets.

Similar bills

C-338 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (termination and severance pay)
C-338 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (termination and severance pay)

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-501s:

C-501 (2014) Law National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day Act
C-501 (2013) National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day Act
C-501 (2008) Mathieu Da Costa Day Act
C-501 (2004) An Act to amend the Bank Act (branch closures)

Votes

March 9, 2011 Passed That Bill C-501, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and other Acts (pension protection), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
May 26, 2010 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

Bankruptcy and Insolvency ActPrivate Members' Business

May 26th, 2010 / 5:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-501 under private members' business.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #50

Bankruptcy and Insolvency ActPrivate Members' Business

May 26th, 2010 / 6:05 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)

Bankruptcy and Insolvency ActPrivate Members' Business

May 26th, 2010 / 6:05 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

Order, please. Would all those who wish to continue private conversations, please use the lobbies.

It being 6:10 p.m., the House will now proceed to the consideration of private members' business as listed on today's order paper.