This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.
Pat Martin NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Defeated, as of May 7, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Access to Information Act to, among other things,
(a) give the Information Commissioner of Canada the power to order government institutions to release documents;
(b) require government institutions to create records to document their decisions, recommendations and actions;
(c) establish an explicit duty to comply with orders of the Information Commissioner; and
(d) provide that those orders may be filed with the Federal Court and enforced as if they were judgments of that Court.
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.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-567 under private members' business.
John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC
Mr. Speaker, I think the member for Calgary Centre was counted on both votes. We need clarification.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The Chief Government Whip is a step ahead of me. I was just about to do that very thing.
Can the hon. member for Calgary Centre clarify for the House which way she intended to vote?
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor is rising on a point of order.
Scott Simms Liberal Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Mr. Speaker, I am sorry I am a little too late, but I just wanted to stand and say that as critic for democratic reform, I was going to vouch for her.
(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)
