Bill C-20 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act

This bill was last introduced in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Chrystia Freeland  Liberal

Status

Second reading (House), as of Feb. 3, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act to authorize the Minister of Finance to make an additional fiscal equalization offset payment to Nova Scotia for the 2020-2021 fiscal year and to extend that Minister’s authority to make additional fiscal equalization offset payments to Nova Scotia until March 31, 2023.

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.

June 1st, 2021 / 6:50 p.m.


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Conservative

Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC

It is relevant, Mr. Chair, because remember that this payment or this backfill arrangement is extending this agreement to 2023. I believe 2023 is assumed to be the end, because the Sable Energy Offshore Project has expired.

I have a second question. With regard to Bill C-20, why are we duplicating legislation? Bill C-20 specifically addresses this, and now is it being superseded by the BIA. We saw this happen, I believe, with Bill C-25 as well. We have these different pieces of legislation, and then the BIA comes along and basically supersedes them. Is that correct?

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments ActRoutine Proceedings

February 3rd, 2021 / 7:25 p.m.


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University—Rosedale Ontario

Liberal

Chrystia Freeland LiberalDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-20, An Act to amend the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)