An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Peter Julian  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of March 11, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to lower the threshold at which an interest rate becomes a criminal rate and to include, in the calculation of the interest rate, the charges paid by a person to obtain insurance coverage.
It also repeals section 347.‍1 of that Act respecting payday loan agreements.

Similar bills

C-213 (current session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)
C-361 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate)

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-274s:

C-274 (2022) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (detention in custody)
C-274 (2016) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm or fishing corporation)
C-274 (2013) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (animal cruelty)
C-274 (2011) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (animal cruelty)
C-274 (2010) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit for gifts)
C-274 (2009) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit for gifts)