This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.
Navdeep Bains Liberal
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
Part 1 amends the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act and the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act to, among other things,
(a) reform some aspects of the process for electing directors of certain corporations and cooperatives;
(b) modernize communications between corporations or cooperatives and their shareholders or members;
(c) clarify that corporations and cooperatives are prohibited from issuing share certificates and warrants, in bearer form; and
(d) require certain corporations to place before the shareholders, at every annual meeting, information respecting diversity among directors and the members of senior management.
Part 2 amends the Competition Act to expand the concept of affiliation to a broader range of business organizations.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-25s:
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. David de Burgh Graham) David Graham
The question is on Motion No. 1. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. David de Burgh Graham) David Graham
All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.
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Some hon. members
Yea.
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Some hon. members
Nay.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. David de Burgh Graham) David Graham
In my opinion the nays have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Pursuant to order made on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the division stands deferred until Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the expiry of the time provided for oral questions.
The House resumed from June 20 consideration of Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and the Competition Act, as reported (with amendment) from the committee, and of the motions in Group No. 1.
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The Speaker Geoff Regan
Pursuant to an order made on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at report stage of Bill C-25.
The question is on Motion No. 1.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
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