Nay.
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Access to Information Act (transparency)
This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.
This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.
Justin Trudeau Liberal
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Defeated, as of April 1, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Parliament of Canada Act to require the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons to open its meetings, with certain exceptions, to the public. It also amends the Access to Information Act to modernize and clarify the purpose of the Act and to give the Information Commissioner the power to make compliance orders.
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-613s:
The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton
In my opinion the nays have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the recorded division stands deferred until Wednesday, April 1, immediately before the time provided for private members' business.
The House resumed from March 31 consideration of the motion that Bill C-613, an act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Access to Information Act (transparency), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Parliament of Canada ActPrivate Members' Business
The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-613 under private members' business.
Parliament of Canada ActPrivate Members' Business
The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
I declare the motion defeated.
Order, I wish to inform the House that because of the delay, there will be no private members' business hour today.
Accordingly, the orders are postponed to later sittings.