Bill S-1003 · 41th Parliament · Stephen Harper
An Act to authorize Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc. to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Senate bill. Became law.
- IntroducedApril 1, 2012
- Debated in principleApril 23, 2012
- Studied by a committeeDone
- Passed its first chamberApril 30, 2012
- Passed the second chamberMay 15, 2012
- Became lawMay 16, 2012
Leading supporters
Ranked by the part each played: who is responsible for the bill, who carried it, and who spoke for it most.
- Gerald J. ComeauSenate · Sponsor in the Senate
Who carries this bill
Arrows run from the person responsible to those who answer to them on this bill. The critic leads the Senate’s scrutiny and answers to no one on it.
Where members stand
Votes and debate for this bill have not been read yet.
How it changed on the way
74% of the text as introduced was changed or removed by the time it became law (675 words introduced, 594 passed).
minor changeintent kept
The bill passed without any change to its core authorization or preamble. Only formal elements such as headers, chapter numbering, and assent details were updated for the final statute.
How precisely it is written
preciseChallenging the law: HardDisputing a charge: Hard
The bill names one specific company and grants it a single, time-limited power to continue under Quebec law. All effects are stated as automatic once that step occurs.
Clear-cut
“Despite subsection 39(5) of the Insurance Companies Act, the Company may apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of the Province of Quebec as if it had been incorporated under those laws.”
Names the exact statutory barrier being lifted and the exact provincial jurisdiction, leaving no interpretive room.“On the day on which it is continued as a body corporate under the laws of the Province of Quebec, the Company ceases to be governed by the Insurance Companies Act.”
Uses an objective trigger date and states an automatic legal consequence with no discretion or further conditions.
Discretion. No power is delegated to any minister, official or regulation; the enactment is self-executing for the named company.
Challenging the law itself. The statute is narrowly tailored to one corporation and does not engage Charter rights or create general prohibitions that could support vagueness or overbreadth claims.
Disputing a charge under it. The operative provisions create an authorization rather than a prohibition, so disputes would centre on corporate filings rather than interpretation of the federal text.
Read by a language model from the royal assent text; every quoted phrase appears in the bill. A reading of the drafting, not legal advice.
Did it work?
The evidence has not been searched yet.
Who lobbied on it
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