Nay.
Financial Literacy Leader Act
An Act to amend the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act
This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.
This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.
Jim Flaherty Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act to create the position of Financial Literacy Leader within the Agency. The Leader is to be appointed by the Governor in Council to exercise leadership at the national level to strengthen the financial literacy of Canadians. The amendments also provide for the other powers, duties and functions of the Financial Literacy Leader.
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.
Some hon. members
Nay.
The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie
In my opinion the nays have it.
And five or more members having risen:
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The vote stands deferred until 5:30 p.m. tomorrow before private member's business.
The House resumed from June 19 consideration of the motion that Bill C-28, An Act to amend the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee, and of the motion that this question be now put.
The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the previous question at the second reading of Bill C-28.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie
I declare the motion carried.
The next question is on the main motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Gordon O'Connor Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON
Madam Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you would find agreement to apply the results of the previous motion to the current motion, with the Conservatives voting yes.
Nycole Turmel NDP Hull—Aylmer, QC
Madam Speaker, we agree with proceeding in this fashion, and the NDP will vote no.
Judy Foote Liberal Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Madam Speaker, the Liberals agree and will be voting against.
Louis Plamondon Bloc Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, QC
Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is in favour of the motion.
Bruce Hyer Independent Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON
Madam Speaker, Thunder Bay—Superior North will be voting yes.
Vic Toews Conservative Provencher, MB
Madam Speaker, I was not in attendance at the last vote, but I want to clarify for the record that I will be voting with the Conservative Party on this very important bill.
