An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act

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

Sponsor

MaryAnn Mihychuk  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 Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Public Service Labour Relations Act to restore the procedures for the certification and the revocation of certification of bargaining agents that existed before June 16, 2015.
It also amends the Income Tax Act to remove from that Act the requirement that labour organizations and labour trusts provide annually to the Minister of National Revenue certain information returns containing specific information that would be made available to the public.

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-4s:

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Votes

May 17, 2017 Passed Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act
May 17, 2017 Passed Time allocation for Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act
Oct. 19, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Oct. 18, 2016 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act, be not now read a third time, but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities for the purpose of reconsidering clauses 5 to 11 with a view to preserving provisions of the existing law which stipulate that the certification and decertification of a bargaining agent must be achieved by a secret ballot vote-based majority.”.
March 7, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
March 7, 2016 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act, since the bill violates a fundamental principle of democracy by abolishing the provision that the certification and decertification of a bargaining agent must be achieved by a secret ballot vote-based majority.”.

Canada Labour CodeGovernment Orders

October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Question.

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

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

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

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

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

All those opposed will please say nay.

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

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October 19th, 2016 / 3:55 p.m.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Call in the members.

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October 19th, 2016 / 4 p.m.

Liberal

Andrew Leslie Liberal Orléans, ON

Mr. Speaker, I ask that the vote be deferred until the expiry of the time provided for government orders this day.

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October 19th, 2016 / 4 p.m.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Anthony Rota

The vote is deferred.

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October 19th, 2016 / 5:30 p.m.

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes

It is the same reasons we talk about electoral reform, for instance. It being 5:30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the third reading stage of Bill C-4

Call in the members.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #127

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October 19th, 2016 / 6:10 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

I declare the motion carried.

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October 19th, 2016 / 6:10 p.m.

Conservative

John Nater Conservative Perth—Wellington, ON

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

I believe that during the vote, the hon. member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell was not in his seat during the entirety of the vote.