Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians Act

An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (withdrawal allowance)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

John Williamson  Conservative

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

Status

Report stage (Senate), as of June 25, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act to provide for the payment of a withdrawal allowance in lieu of a retiring allowance or compensation allowance, as the case may be, when a member of the Senate or House of Commons who ceases or has ceased to be a member has been convicted of an offence under certain provisions of the Criminal Code arising out of conduct that in whole or in part occurred while the person was a member.

Similar bills

C-518 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians Act

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-518s:

C-518 (2010) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)
C-518 (2008) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (compassionate care benefits for dependent children)
C-518 (2004) An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (annual financial statements)

Votes

Feb. 4, 2015 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Feb. 4, 2015 Passed That Bill C-518, An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (withdrawal allowance), as amended, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments].
Feb. 4, 2015 Failed “ceases or has ceased to be a member and who, on or after the day on which this subsection comes into force, is either convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code mentioned in subsection (4) or sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years or more for an offence under any other Act of Parliament, if the offence arose out of conduct that in whole or in part occurred while the person was a member, a”

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

The question is on Motion No. 1. A vote on this motion also applies to Motion No. 2.

Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

All those opposed will please say nay.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 3rd, 2015 / 7:50 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

In my opinion, the nays have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Pursuant to Standing Order 98, a recorded division stands deferred until Wednesday, February 4, 2015, immediately before the time provided for private members' business.

The House resumed from February 3 consideration of Bill C-518, An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (withdrawal allowance), as reported (with amendments) from the committee, and of the motions.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 4th, 2015 / 6:50 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motions at report stage of Bill C-518 under private members' business. The question is on Motion No. 1. A vote on this motion also applies to Motion No. 2.

(The House divided on Motion No. 1, which was negatived on the following division:)

Vote #327

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 4th, 2015 / 6:55 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare Motion No. 1 defeated and I therefore declare Motion No. 2 defeated.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 4th, 2015 / 6:55 p.m.

Conservative

John Williamson Conservative New Brunswick Southwest, NB

moved that the bill be concurred in.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 4th, 2015 / 6:55 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The question is on the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 4th, 2015 / 6:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Protecting Taxpayers and Revoking Pensions of Convicted Politicians ActPrivate Members' Business

February 4th, 2015 / 6:55 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.