Bill S-224 (Historical)

Canada Prompt Payment Act

An Act respecting payments made under construction contracts

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

Status

Senate bill, now waiting to be considered in the House, as of May 4, 2017
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment enacts the Canada Prompt Payment Act to provide for timely payment to contractors under construction contracts with government institutions, and to subcontractors under related subcontracts.

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 S-224s:

S-224 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
S-224 (2021) Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act
S-224 (2014) National Seal Products Day Act
S-224 (2010) National Volunteer Emergency Response Service Act
S-224 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Parliament of Canada Act (vacancies)
S-224 (2007) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (vacancies)

Message from the SenateOral Questions

May 5th, 2017 / 12:05 p.m.


See context

The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes

I have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following public bill to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-224, an act respecting payments made under construction contracts.