Bill C-280

Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act

An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (deemed trust – perishable fruits and vegetables)

Sponsor

Scot Davidson  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is, or will soon become, law.

Summary

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

This enactment amends the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to provide that the perishable fruits and vegetables sold by a supplier to a purchaser, as well as the proceeds of sale of those fruits and vegetables, are to be held in trust by the purchaser for the supplier in the event that the purchaser has not fully paid for the fruits or vegetables and becomes bankrupt or the subject to a receivership or applies to the court to sanction a compromise or an arrangement.

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.

Votes

Oct. 25, 2023 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-280, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (deemed trust – perishable fruits and vegetables)
May 17, 2023 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-280, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (deemed trust – perishable fruits and vegetables)

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 12, 2023

  • Fred Webber, Past President and Chief Executive Officer, Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation, As an Individual
  • Keith Currie, President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
  • Rebecca Lee, Executive Director, Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada
  • Quinton Woods, Chair, Trade and Marketing Working Group, Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada
  • Catherine Lefebvre, President, Quebec Produce Growers Association
  • Patrice Léger Bourgoin, General Manager, Quebec Produce Growers Association

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 19, 2023

  • Brad Wiseman, Chief Financial Officer, EarthFresh Farms Inc.
  • Ron Lemaire, President, Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, on June 21, 2023

  • Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Department of Industry