Bill C-36 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Statistics Act

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Navdeep Bains  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Statistics Act to strengthen the independence of Statistics Canada, including by providing for the appointment of the Chief Statistician to hold office during good behaviour and by assigning to the Chief Statistician the powers related to methods, procedures and operations of Statistics Canada. It also establishes a transparent process to issue directives to the Chief… read more

Elsewhere

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-36s:

C-36 (2022) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2022-23
C-36 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act and to make related amendments to another Act (hate propaganda, hate crimes and hate speech)
C-36 (2014) Law Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act
C-36 (2012) Law Protecting Canada's Seniors Act

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on Feb. 23, 2017

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on March 23, 2017

  • Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada
  • Andrée Desaulniers, Senior Analyst, Information Management Division, Statistics Canada

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 4, 2017

  • Ron Parker, President, Shared Services Canada
  • Raj Thuppal, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cyber and IT Security, Shared Services Canada
  • Graham Barr, Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy, Shared Services Canada
  • Wayne Smith, Former Chief Statistician of Canada, As an Individual
  • Ivan Fellegi, Former Chief Statistician of Canada, As an Individual

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 6, 2017

  • Mel Cappe, Professor, School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Toronto, As an Individual
  • Munir Sheikh, Former Chief Statistician of Canada, As an Individual
  • Paul Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Political Studies, University of Manitoba, As an Individual
  • Ian McKinnon, Chair, National Statistics Council

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 11, 2017

  • Margrit Eichler, President, Our Right to Know
  • Paul Schreyer, Deputy Director, Statistics Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Brian Allen, Past President, Statistical Society of Canada
  • Jean-Guy Prévost, Professor, Political Science Department, Université du Québec à Montréal, As an Individual

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 13, 2017

  • Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on May 4, 2017

  • Larry Shute, Deputy Director General, Economic Research and Policy Analysis Branch, Strategic Policy Sector, Department of Industry
  • Francis Lord, Committee Researcher