Bill C-59 · 44th Parliament · Justin Trudeau
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023
An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023
Government bill. Became law.
- IntroducedNov. 30, 2023
- Debated in principleMarch 18, 2024
- Studied by a committeeDone
- Passed its first chamberMay 28, 2024
- Passed the second chamberJune 19, 2024
- Became lawJune 20, 2024
Leading supporters
Ranked by the part each played: who is responsible for the bill, who carried it, and who spoke for it most.
- Justin TrudeauPrime Minister
Who carries this bill
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Where members stand
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How it changed on the way
11% of the text as introduced was changed or removed by the time it became law (167,070 words introduced, 167,662 passed). A committee amended it.
moderate changeintent broadened
The bill saw an 11% change in text during passage, mainly technical fixes to tax provisions plus one policy expansion. The Competition Act amendments were broadened to cover environmental restoration claims and to require substantiation for business-activity representations.
- Broadened the list of improvements to anti-competitive conduct rules.
Before: “ensuring that representations of a product's benefits for protecting the environment must be supported by adequate and proper tests;”
After: “ensuring that representations of a product's benefits for protecting or restoring the environment must be supported by adequate and proper tests and that representations of a business or business activity for protecting or restoring the environment must be supported by adequate and proper substantiation;”
How precisely it is written
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Who lobbied on it
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