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2020-2021

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both the House of Commons and the Senate of Bills introduced in the current
parliamentary session. It is divided into the following four sections:

NEW THIS WEEK records the latest stage reached by a Bill during the week’s
proceedings. The section lists all Bills that in the past week have received either
first, second or third reading, been reported from Committee, received Royal As-
sent, or been brought into force. Because they rarely become law, Private Mem-
bers’ Public Bills are not noted here until they pass second reading. Private

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tion in this section is always repeated in the STATUS OF BILLS section.

STATUS AND SUMMARY OF BILLS alphabetically lists and reports the sta-
tus of all Bills that are either currently before Parliament or that have received
Royal Assent. A summary of each Bill is provided, where available. The date of
coming into force is noted on its occurrence. Bills prefaced by the letter "C"
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS lists Acts affected by amendments
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referred, in abbreviated format, to the source Bill which contains the amendment.
This source Bill will be found in the "STATUS OF BILLS" section, in alphabeti-
cal order. This section is cumulative for the current session.

PROCLAMATIONS and ORDERS IN COUNCIL lists all Acts passed in a
previous session that are brought into force by proclamation or by order in coun-
cil, in whole or in part, or that are amended by order in council, during the cur-
rent session. This section is cumulative for the current session.

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NEW THIS WEEK
House of Commons and Senate Readings
Nothing to report.

Royal Assents
Nothing to report.

Proclamations and Orders in Council
Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2, S.C. 2018, c. 27 — (SI/2021-55) No-
    vember 20, 2021 is fixed as the day on which ss. 626, 627(2) and (5), 628,
    629, 631(2), 639, 648(1) and (2) of the Act come into force.
Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 (Bill C-30). Royal Assent June 29,
    2021: S.C. 2021, c. 23. In force as set out in the Act — (SI/2021-57) Sep-
    tember 26, 2021 is fixed as the day on which section 328 of the Act comes
    into force.
First Nations Elections Act, S.C. 2014, c. 5 — (SOR/2021-209) The schedule to
    the Act is amended by adding the following in numerical order: 77 Bear
    River First Nation; Order comes into force on the day on which it is regis-
    tered — (SOR/2021-213) The schedule to the Act is amended by adding the
    following in numerical order: 78 Biigtigong Nishnaabeg; Order comes into
    force on the day on which it is registered — (SOR/2021-211) The schedule
    to the Act is amended by adding the following in numerical order: 79 Tsartlip
    First Nation; Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
First Nations Fiscal Management Act S.C. 2005, c. 9 — (SOR/2021-214) The
    Schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical or-
    der: Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam, Webequie First Nation; Or-
    der comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186 — (SOR/2021-
    195) Section 1: Item 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act 1 is repealed, Sec-
    tion 2: Item 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act is repealed; this Order,
    except section 2, comes into force on January 1, 2022, Section 2 is deemed to
    have come into force on January 1, 2021.
Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act (Bill C-218) — (SI/2021-56) August 27,
    2021is fixed as the day on which the Act comes into force.
Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29 — (SOR/2021-205) Part 2 of Schedule 1
    to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Amphibians‘, Part 2 of Schedule 1
    to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Reptiles‘, Part 2 of Schedule 1 to
    the Act is amended under the heading ‘Reptiles‘, Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the
    Act is amended under the heading ‘Molluscs‘, Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act
    is amended by striking out the following under the heading ‘Plants‘, Part 2 of
    Schedule 1 to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Lichens‘, Part 3 of
    Schedule 1 to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Reptiles‘, Part 3 of
    Schedule 1 to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Arthropods‘, Part 3 of
    Schedule 1 to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Plants‘, Part 4 of Sched-
    ule 1 to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Mammals‘, Part 4 of Schedule

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1 to the Act is amended by under the heading ‘Reptiles‘, Part 4 of Schedule 1
   to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Arthropods‘, Part 4 of Schedule 1
   to the Act is amended under the heading ‘Plants‘, Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the
   Act is amended under the heading ‘Lichens‘; Order comes into force on the
   day on which it is registered.

 STATUS AND SUMMARY OF CURRENT BILLS
                      (Note: New entries are in bold-face.)
An Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening
   of the Official Languages Act (Bill C-32). Commons 1st Reading June 15,
   2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Official Languages Act, it also
   makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
An Act respecting the administration of oaths of office (Bill C-1). Commons 1st
   Reading September 23, 2020.
An Act to amend An Act to authorize the making of certain fiscal payments to
   provinces, and to authorize the entry into tax collection agreements with
   provinces (Bill C-224). Commons reported with amendments March 10,
   2021. Summary: This enactment amends An Act to authorize the making of
   certain fiscal payments to provinces, and to authorize the entry into tax col-
   lection agreements with provinces to provide that the Minister of Finance
   may enter into an agreement with the government of a province under which
   the government of the province will collect the federal personal and corpora-
   tion income taxes on behalf of the Government of Canada. It also requires
   that the Minister of Finance undertake discussions with the Government of
   Quebec in order to enter into such an agreement.
An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments
   (firearms) (Bill C-21). Commons 1st Reading February 16, 2021. Summary:
   This enactment amends the Criminal Code, the Firearms Act, the Nuclear
   Safety and Control Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Credi-
   tors Arrangement Act (pension plans and group insurance plans) (Bill C-
   253). Commons reported with an amendment June 21, 2021. Summary: This
   enactment amends the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’
   Creditors Arrangement Act to ensure that claims in respect of unfunded lia-
   bilities or solvency deficiencies of pension plans and claims relating to the
   cessation of an employer’s participation in group insurance plans are paid in
   priority in the event of bankruptcy proceedings.
An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Can-
   ada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) (Bill C-5).
   Royal Assent June 3, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 11. This Act comes into force on
   the day that, in the second month after the month in which it receives royal
   assent, has the same calendar number as the day on which it receives royal
   assent or, if that second month has no day with that number, the last day of
   that second month. Summary: This enactment amends certain Acts to add a

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new holiday, namely, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which is
   observed on September 30.
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential
   amendments to other Acts (Bill C-10). Passed Commons. Senate 2nd Reading
   June 29, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Broadcasting Act. The
   enactment also makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (COVID-19 response) (Bill C-19).
   Commons reported with amendments June 21, 2021. Summary: This enact-
   ment adds a new Part to the Canada Elections Act that provides for tempo-
   rary rules to ensure the safe administration of an election in the context of
   the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The new Part, among
   other things, (a) extends the Chief Electoral Officer’s power to adapt the pro-
   visions of that Act to ensure the health or safety of electors or election of-
   ficers; (b) authorizes a returning officer to constitute polling divisions that
   consist of a single institution where seniors or persons with a disability re-
   side, or a part of such an institution, and to set the days and hours that a
   polling station established there will be open; (c) provides for a polling pe-
   riod of three consecutive days consisting of a Saturday, Sunday and Monday;
   (d) provides for the hours of voting during the polling period; (e) provides for
   the opening and closing measures at polling stations; (f) sets the days for
   voting at advance polling stations; (g) authorizes the Chief Electoral Officer
   to modify the day on which certain things are authorized or required to be
   done before the polling period by moving that day backward or forward by
   up to two days or the starting date or ending date of a period in which cer-
   tain things are authorized or required to be done by up to two days; (h) pro-
   vides that an elector may submit an application for registration and special
   ballot under Division 4 of Part 11 in writing or in electronic form; (i) pro-
   vides that an elector whose application for registration and special ballot
   was accepted by the returning officer in their electoral district may deposit
   the outer envelope containing their special ballot in a secure reception box
   or ballot box for the deposit of outer envelopes; and (j) prohibits installing a
   secure reception box for the deposit of outer envelopes unless by or under the
   authority of the Chief Electoral Officer or a returning officer and prohibits
   destroying, taking, opening or otherwise interfering with a secure reception
   box installed by a returning officer. The enactment also provides for the re-
   peal of the new Part six months after the publication of a notice confirming
   that the temporary rules in that Part are no longer required to ensure the
   safe administration of an election in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Regulation Adapting the Can-
   ada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum (voting age) (Bill S-209).
   Senate 2nd Reading June 22, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the
   Canada Elections Act and the Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act
   for the Purposes of a Referendum to lower the voting age from 18 years to
   16.
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (compassionate care leave) (Bill C-
   220). Royal Assent June 29, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 17. Act comes into force on

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the day that, in the third month after the month in which it receives royal
   assent, has the same calendar number as the day on which it receives royal
   assent or, if that third month has no day with that number, the last day of that
   third month. Summary: This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to
   extend the period during which an employee may take compassionate care
   leave.
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Official Languages Act and the
   Canada Business Corporations Act (Bill C-254). Commons 2nd Reading June
   16, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code, the
   Official Languages Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act to clarify
   the application of the Charter of the French Language in Quebec.
An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ and tissue donors)
   (Bill C-210). Royal Assent June 21, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 12. In force as set out
   in the Act. Summary: This enactment amends the Canada Revenue Agency
   Act to authorize the Canada Revenue Agency to enter into an agreement with
   a province or a territory regarding the collection and disclosure of informa-
   tion required for establishing or maintaining an organ and tissue donor reg-
   istry in the province or territory.
An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (final dispo-
   sal of plastic waste) (Bill C-204). Passed Commons. Senate 2nd Reading June
   22, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Canadian Environmental
   Protection Act, 1999 to prohibit the export of certain types of plastic waste to
   foreign countries for final disposal.
An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (Bill
   S-2). Passed Senate. Commons 1st Reading February 25, 2021. Summary:
   This enactment amends the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation
   Act by deleting the schedule to that Act and the references to that schedule in
   that Act, in order to avoid potential discrepancies between the Convention on
   the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of
   Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, as amended from time to time,
   and the portions of that Convention that are reproduced in that schedule.
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)
   (Bill S-230). Passed Senate June 21, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends
   the Citizenship Act to permit certain persons who lost their Canadian citizen-
   ship to regain it.
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of
   Canada’s call to action number 94) (Bill C-8). Royal Assent June 21, 2021:
   S.C. 2021, c. 13. Act comes into force on the day after royal assent is re-
   ceived. Summary: This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to include, in
   the Oath or Affirmation of Citizenship, a solemn promise to respect the Ab-
   original and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and M tis peoples, in order
   to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to
   action number 94.
An Act to Amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance or repair) (Bill C-
   272). Commons 2nd Reading June 2, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends
   the Copyright Act in order to allow the circumvention of a technological pro-

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tection measure in a computer program if the circumvention is solely for the
   purpose of diagnosis, maintenance or repair of a product in which the pro-
   gram is embedded. It also allows the manufacture, importation, distribution,
   sale, renting and provision of technologies, devices or components used for
   diagnosis, maintenance or repair of such products.
An Act to amend the Copyright Act (remuneration for journalistic works) (Bill S-
   225). Senate 2nd Reading May 25, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends
   the Copyright Act to provide Canadian journalistic organizations with a right
   to remuneration for the distribution of their journalistic works on digital plat-
   forms owned or controlled by providers that have been designated by the
   Governor in Council. It also amends the Act so that this remuneration is
   managed by a collective society.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act and to
   make related amendments to another Act (hate propaganda, hate crimes and
   hate speech) (Bill C-36). Commons 1st Reading June 23, 2021. Summary:
   This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create a recognizance to keep
   the peace relating to hate propaganda and hate crime and to define ‘hatred‘
   for the purposes of two hate propaganda offences. It also makes related
   amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. In addition, it amends the
   Canadian Human Rights Act to provide that it is a discriminatory practice to
   communicate or cause to be communicated hate speech by means of the In-
   ternet or other means of telecommunication in a context in which the hate
   speech is likely to foment detestation or vilification of an individual or group
   of individuals on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination. It autho-
   rizes the Canadian Human Rights Commission to accept complaints alleging
   this discriminatory practice and authorizes the Canadian Human Rights Tri-
   bunal to adjudicate complaints and order remedies.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances
   Act (Bill C-22). Commons 1st Reading February 18, 2021. Summary: This
   enactment amends the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Sub-
   stances Act to, among other things, repeal certain mandatory minimum pen-
   alties, allow for a greater use of conditional sentences and establish diver-
   sion measures for simple drug possession offences.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection
   Act (trafficking in human organs) (Bill S-204). Passed Senate. Commons 1st
   Reading May 10, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Criminal Code
   to create new offences in relation to trafficking in human organs. It also
   amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide that a perma-
   nent resident or foreign national is inadmissible to Canada if the Minister of
   Citizenship and Immigration is of the opinion that they have engaged in any
   activities relating to trafficking in human organs.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act and
   to make related amendments to other Acts (COVID-19 response and other
   measures) (Bill C-23). Commons 1st Reading February 24, 2021. Summary:
   This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, (a) allow
   for the use of electronic or other automated means for the purposes of the

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jury selection process; (b) expand, for the accused and offenders, the availa-
   bility of remote appearances by audioconference and videoconference in cer-
   tain circumstances; (c) provide for the participation of prospective jurors in
   the jury selection process by videoconference in certain circumstances; (d)
   expand the power of courts to make case management rules permitting court
   personnel to deal with administrative matters for accused not represented by
   counsel; (e) permit courts to order fingerprinting at the interim release stage
   and at any other stage of the criminal justice process if fingerprints could not
   previously have been taken for exceptional reasons; and (f) replace the ex-
   isting telewarrant provisions with a process that permits a wide variety of
   search warrants, authorizations and orders to be applied for and issued by a
   means of telecommunication. The enactment makes amendments to the Crim-
   inal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act to correct minor technical
   errors and includes transitional provisions on the application of the amend-
   ments. It also makes related amendments to other Acts.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy) (Bill C-6). Passed
   Commons. Senate 2nd Reading June 28, 2021. Summary: This enactment
   amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, create the following of-
   fences: (a) causing a person to undergo conversion therapy against the per-
   son’s will; (b) causing a child to undergo conversion therapy; (c) doing any-
   thing for the purpose of removing a child from Canada with the intention that
   the child undergo conversion therapy outside Canada; (d) advertising an of-
   fer to provide conversion therapy; and (e) receiving a financial or other ma-
   terial benefit from the provision of conversion therapy. It also amends the
   Criminal Code to authorize courts to order that advertisements for conver-
   sion therapy be disposed of or deleted.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors) (Bill S-
   212). Senate 2nd Reading May 25, 2021. This enactment amends the Criminal
   Code to provide that the prohibition against the disclosure of information
   relating to jury proceedings does not, in certain circumstances, apply in re-
   spect of disclosure by jurors to health care professionals.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (independence of the judiciary) (Bill S-207).
   Senate 2nd Reading May 25, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the
   Criminal Code to give a court the discretion to vary the punishment to be
   imposed in respect of an offence for which the punishment . or different de-
   grees or kinds of punishment . is prescribed in an enactment. It allows a
   court to decide to not make a mandatory prohibition order provided for
   under a provision of that Act . or to add conditions or vary any of the condi-
   tions set out in that provision . if the court considers it just and reasonable to
   do so. It requires the court to provide its reasons for making such a decision.
   It requires a court to consider all available options prior to imposing a mini-
   mum punishment of imprisonment or period of parole ineligibility under a
   provision of that Act, and to provide written reasons for imposing a minimum
   punishment of imprisonment or period of parole ineligibility. It gives a court
   discretion in the treatment or counselling program that a person who has
   been found guilty of an offence may attend and removes the requirement for

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the Attorney General to give his or her consent in order to delay sentencing
   under subsection 720(2) of that Act. It provides that a judge is to take into
   consideration the recommendation of the jury in setting the period of parole
   ineligibility for a person who has been found guilty of first or second degree
   murder.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) (Bill C-7).
   Royal Assent March 17, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 2. In forace as set out in the Act.
   Summary: This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
   (a) repeal the provision that requires a person’s natural death be reasonably
   foreseeable in order for them to be eligible for medical assistance in dying;
   (b) specify that persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental
   illness are not eligible for medical assistance in dying; (c) create two sets of
   safeguards that must be respected before medical assistance in dying may be
   provided to a person, the application of which depends on whether the per-
   son’s natural death is reasonably foreseeable; (d) permit medical assistance
   in dying to be provided to a person who has been found eligible to receive it,
   whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable and who has lost the capacity
   to consent before medical assistance in dying is provided, on the basis of a
   prior agreement they entered into with the medical practitioner or nurse
   practitioner; and (e) permit medical assistance in dying to be provided to a
   person who has lost the capacity to consent to it as a result of the self-admin-
   istration of a substance that was provided to them under the provisions gov-
   erning medical assistance in dying in order to cause their own death.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (single event sport betting) (Bill C-13).
   Commons 1st Reading November 26, 2020. Summary: This enactment
   amends paragraph 207(4)(b) of the Criminal Code to make it lawful for the
   government of a province or territory, or a licensed person or entity, to con-
   duct and manage in the province or territory a lottery scheme that involves
   betting on a race — other than a horse-race — or fight, or on a single
   sport event or athletic contest.
An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments
   to other Acts and to repeal a regulation (Bill S-208). Senate 2nd Reading May
   25, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Criminal Records Act to pro-
   vide for the expiry of criminal records. It also makes consequential amend-
   ments to other Acts and repeals a regulation.
An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act
   (supply management) (Bill C-216). Commons reported without amendment
   June 22, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Department of Foreign
   Affairs, Trade and Development Act so that the Minister of Foreign Affairs
   cannot make certain commitments with respect to international trade regard-
   ing certain goods.
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act
   (use of wood) (Bill S-220). Senate 2nd Reading June 3, 2021. Summary: This
   enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services
   Act to require that the Minister may, in developing requirements for public

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works, allow the use of wood or any other thing that achieves environmental
   benefits.
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (additional regular benefits),
   the Canada Recovery Benefits Act (restriction on eligibility) and another Act
   in response to COVID-19 (Bill C-24). Royal Assent March 17, 2021: S.C.
   2021, c. 3. Sections 4 to 9 are deemed to have come into force on October 2,
   2020. Summary: This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act in
   order, temporarily, to increase the maximum number of weeks for which reg-
   ular benefits may be paid under Part I of that Act and facilitate access to
   benefits for self-employed persons under Part VII.1 of that Act. It also
   amends the Canada Recovery Benefits Act to (a) add a condition to provide
   that a person is eligible for benefits only if they were not, at any time during
   a benefit period, required to quarantine or isolate themselves under any or-
   der made under the Quarantine Act as a result of entering into Canada or (i)
   if they were required to do so, the only reason for their having been outside
   Canada was to receive a necessary medical treatment or to accompany some-
   one who was required to receive a necessary medical treatment, or (ii) if, as
   a result of entering into Canada, they were required to isolate themselves
   under such an order at any time during the benefit period, they are a person
   to whom the requirement to quarantine themselves under the order would not
   have applied had they not been required to isolate themselves; and (b) au-
   thorize the Minister of Health to assist the Minister of Employment and So-
   cial Development in verifying whether a person meets the eligibility condition
   referred to in paragraph 3(1)(m), 10(1)(i) or 17(1)(i) of the Canada Recovery
   Benefits Act and to disclose personal information obtained under the Quar-
   antine Act to the Minister of Employment and Social Development for that
   purpose. And finally, it amends the Customs Act to authorize the disclosure of
   information for the purpose of administering or enforcing the Canada Recov-
   ery Benefits Act.
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, to authorize
   certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and to
   amend another Act (Bill C-25). Commons 1st Reading March 25, 2021. Sum-
   mary: This enactment amends the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements
   Act to authorize additional payments to the provinces and territories. It also
   authorizes payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in
   relation to Canada’s COVID-19 immunization plan and infrastructure and
   amends the heading of Part 9 of the Keeping Canada’s Economy and Jobs
   Growing Act.
An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (qualifying farming
   fuel) (Bill C-206). Passed Commons. Senate 1st Reading June 23, 2021. Sum-
   mary: This enactment amends the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to
   extend the exemption for qualifying farming fuel to marketable natural gas
   and propane.
An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act (Bill C-205). Commons reported
   with amendments June 21, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the
   Health of Animals Act to make it an offence to enter, without lawful authority

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or excuse, a place in which animals are kept if doing so could result in the
   exposure of the animals to a disease or toxic substance that is capable of
   affecting or contaminating them.
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and
   Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy) (Bill C-9). Royal Assent November 13,
   2020: S.C. 2020, c. 13. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enact-
   ment amends the Income Tax Act to revise the eligibility criteria, as well as
   the level of subsidization, under the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
   (CEWS) as part of the response to the coronavirus disease 2019. It also ex-
   tends the CEWS to June 30, 2021. The enactment further amends the Income
   Tax Act to introduce the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) in order to
   support those hardest hit by the coronavirus disease 2019. This subsidy pro-
   vides relief in respect of rent and interest on debt obligations incurred to
   acquire real property used by businesses, charities and not-for-profit organi-
   zations in the course of their businesses or other activities. The rent subsidy
   is effective as of September 27, 2020.
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm
   or fishing corporation) (Bill C-208). Royal Assent June 29, 2021: S.C. 2021,
   c. 21. Summary: This enactment amends the Income Tax Act in order to pro-
   vide that, in the case of qualified small business corporation shares and
   shares of the capital stock of a family farm or fishing corporation, siblings
   are deemed not to be dealing at arm’s length and to be related, and that,
   under certain conditions, the transfer of those shares by a taxpayer to the
   taxpayer.s child or grandchild who is 18 years of age or older is to be ex-
   cluded from the anti-avoidance rule of section 84.1.
An Act to amend the Judges Act (Bill S-5). Senate 1st Reading May 25, 2021.
   Summary: This enactment amends the Judges Act to replace the process
   through which the conduct of federally appointed judges is reviewed by the
   Canadian Judicial Council. It establishes a new process for reviewing allega-
   tions of misconduct that are not serious enough to warrant a judge’s removal
   from office and makes changes to the process by which recommendations re-
   garding removal from office can be made to the Minister of Justice. As with
   the provisions it replaces, this new process also applies to persons, other
   than judges, who are appointed under an Act of Parliament to hold office
   during good behaviour.
An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code (Bill C-3). Royal Assent
   May 6, 2021, S.C. 2021, c. 8. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This
   enactment amends the Judges Act to restrict eligibility for judicial appoint-
   ment to persons who undertake to participate in continuing education on
   matters related to sexual assault law and social context. It also amends the
   Judges Act to require that the Canadian Judicial Council report on seminars
   offered for the continuing education of judges on matters related to sexual
   assault law. Finally, it amends the Criminal Code to require that judges pro-
   vide reasons for decisions in sexual assault proceedings.
An Act to amend the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional
   Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act (Bill C-20). Commons 1st Reading

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February 3, 2021. Summary: 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 equali-
   zation 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.
An Act to amend the Offshore Health and Safety Act (Bill S-3). Royal Assent
   June 3, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 10. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This
   enactment amends the Offshore Health and Safety Act to postpone the repeal
   of its transitional regulations.
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and
   related amendments to other Acts (Bill S-4). Passed Senate June 1, 2021.
   Summary: This enactment amends the Parliament of Canada Act and makes
   consequential and related amendments to other Acts to, among other things,
   (a) change the additional annual allowances that are paid to senators who
   occupy certain positions so that the government.s representatives and the Op-
   position in the Senate are eligible for the allowances for five positions each
   and the three other recognized parties or parliamentary groups in the Senate
   with the greatest number of members are eligible for the allowances for four
   positions each; (b) provide that the Leader of the Government in the Senate
   or Government Representative in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in
   the Senate and the Leader or Facilitator of every other recognized party or
   parliamentary group in the Senate are to be consulted on the appointment of
   certain officers and agents of Parliament; and (c) provide that the Leader of
   the Government in the Senate or Government Representative in the Senate,
   the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and the Leader or Facilitator of
   every other recognized party or parliamentary group in the Senate may
   change the membership of the Standing Senate Committee on Internal Econ-
   omy, Budgets and Administration.
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Lau-
   reate) (Bill S-205). Passed Senate. Commons 1st Reading May 13, 2021.
   Summary: This enactment creates the position of Parliamentary Visual Artist
   Laureate. It also corrects a reference to the Canada Council for the Arts in
   the English version of the Parliament of Canada Act.
Appropriation Act No. 4, 2020-21 (Bill C-16). Royal Assent December 10, 2020:
   S.C. 2020, c. 15. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment
   grants the sum of $26,138,756,442 towards defraying charges and expenses
   of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021
   that are not otherwise provided for.
Appropriation Act No. 5, 2020-21 (Bill C-17). Royal Assent December 10, 2020:
   S.C. 2020, c. 14. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment
   grants the sum of $20,874,356,291 towards defraying charges and expenses
   of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021
   that are not otherwise provided for.
Appropriation Act No. 6, 2020-21 (Bill C-26). Royal Assent March 30, 2021:
   S.C. 2021, c. 4. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment

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grants the sum of $13,365,393,906 towards defraying charges and expenses
   of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021
   that are not otherwise provided for.
Appropriation Act No. 1, 2021-22 (Bill C-27). Royal Assent March 30, 2021:
   S.C. 2021, c. 5. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment
   grants the sum of $59,304,837,417 towards defraying charges and expenses
   of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022
   that are not otherwise provided for.
Appropriation Act No. 2, 2021-22 (Bill C-33). Royal Assent June 21, 2021: S.C.
   2021, c. 15. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment grants
   the sum of $82,727,631,113 towards defraying charges and expenses of the
   federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 that
   are not otherwise provided for.
Appropriation Act No. 3, 2021-22 (Bill C-34). Royal Assent June 21, 2021: S.C.
   2021, c. 16. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment grants
   the sum of $23,974,552,687 towards defraying charges and expenses of the
   federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 that
   are not otherwise provided for.
Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 (Bill C-30). Royal Assent June 29,
   2021: S.C. 2021, c. 23. In force as set out in the Act — (SI/2021-57)
   September 26, 2021 is fixed as the day on which section 328 of the Act
   comes into force. Summary: This Act amends various other Acts.
Canada Disability Benefit Act (Bill C-35). Commons 1st Reading June 22, 2021.
   Summary: This enactment establishes the Canada disability benefit to reduce
   poverty and to support the financial security of working-age persons with
   disabilities. It sets out general provisions for the administration of the benefit
   and authorizes the Governor in Council to implement most of the benefit’s
   design elements through regulations. It also makes a consequential amend-
   ment to the Income Tax Act.
Canada Recovery Benefit (enactment)...See....COVID-19 Response Measures
   Act (Bill C-4) S.C. 2020, c. 12.
Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act (Bill
   C-18). Royal Assent March 17, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 1. This Act, other than
   section 51, comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in
   Council. Section 9(3), paragraph 12(1)(a), paragraph 14(a) and section 30
   come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but
   that day must not be before the day referred to in subsection (1). April 1,
   2021 is fixed as the day on which the Act comes into force, other than s. 9(3),
   para. 12(1)(a) and 14(a) and s. 30. Summary: This enactment implements the
   Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of
   Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The general provisions of the enactment
   set out rules of interpretation and specify that no recourse is to be taken on
   the basis of sections 10 to 15 or any order made under those sections, or on
   the basis of the provisions of the Agreement, without the consent of the Attor-
   ney General of Canada. Part 1 approves the Agreement, provides for the
   payment by Canada of its share of the expenditures associated with the oper-

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ation of the institutional and administrative aspects of the Agreement and
   gives the Governor in Council the power to make orders in accordance with
   the Agreement. Part 2 amends certain Acts to bring them into conformity with
   Canada’s obligations under the Agreement and contains a transitional provi-
   sion. Part 3 contains a coordinating amendment and the coming-into-force
   provision.
Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (Bill C-12). Royal Assent June
   29, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 22. In force as set out in the Act. Section 23 comes
   into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. Sum-
   mary: This enactment requires that national targets for the reduction of
   greenhouse gas emissions in Canada be set, with the objective of attaining
   net-zero emissions by 2050. The targets are to be set by the Minister of the
   Environment for 2030, 2035, 2040 and 2045. In order to promote trans-
   parency and accountability in relation to meeting those targets, the enact-
   ment also (a) requires that an emissions reduction plan, a progress report
   and an assessment report with respect to each target be tabled in each House
   of Parliament; (b) provides for public participation; (c) establishes an advi-
   sory body to provide the Minister of the Environment with advice with re-
   spect to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and matters that are referred
   to it by the Minister; (d) requires the Minister of Finance to prepare an an-
   nual report respecting key measures that the federal public administration
   has taken to manage its financial risks and opportunities related to climate
   change; and (e) requires the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustaina-
   ble Development to, at least once every 5 years, examine and report on the
   Government of Canada.s implementation of measures aimed at mitigating
   climate change.
COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act (Bill C-2). Commons 1st Reading September
   24, 2020. Summary: Part 1 enacts the Canada Recovery Benefits Act to au-
   thorize the payment of the Canada recovery benefit, the Canada recovery
   sickness benefit and the Canada recovery caregiving benefit to support Can-
   ada.s economic recovery in response to COVID-19. It also makes conse-
   quential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations.
   Part 2 amends the Canada Labour Code to, among other things, (a) amend
   the reasons for which an employee is entitled to take leave related to COVID-
   19, and the number of weeks of that leave that an employee may take for each
   of those reasons; and (b) give the Governor in Council the power, until Sep-
   tember 25, 2021, to make regulations in certain circumstances to provide that
   any requirements or conditions, set out in certain provisions of Part III of
   that Act, respecting certificates issued by a health care practitioner do not
   apply and to provide for alternative requirements and conditions. This Part
   also makes related amendments to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act
   to ensure that employees may continue to take leave related to COVID-19
   until September 25, 2021. Finally, it makes related amendments to regula-
   tions and contains coordinating amendments. Part 3 amends the Public
   Health Events of National Concern Payments Act to limit, as of October 1,
   2020, the payments that may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund

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under that Act to those in respect of specified measures related to COVID-19,
   up to specified amounts. It also postpones the repeal of that Act until Decem-
   ber 31, 2020.
COVID-19 Response Measures Act (Bill C-4). Royal Assent October 2, 2020:
   S.C. 2020, c. 12. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: Part 1 enacts the
   Canada Recovery Benefits Act to authorize the payment of the Canada recov-
   ery benefit, the Canada recovery sickness benefit and the Canada recovery
   caregiving benefit to support Canada’s economic recovery in response to
   COVID-19. It also makes consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act
   and the Income Tax Regulations. Part 2 amends the Canada Labour Code to,
   among other things, (a) amend the reasons for which an employee is entitled
   to take leave related to COVID-19, and the number of weeks of that leave
   that an employee may take for each of those reasons; and (b) give the Gover-
   nor in Council the power, until September 25, 2021, to make regulations in
   certain circumstances to provide that any requirements or conditions, set out
   in certain provisions of Part III of that Act, respecting certificates issued by a
   health care practitioner do not apply and to provide for alternative require-
   ments and conditions. This Part also makes related amendments to the
   COVID-19 Emergency Response Act to ensure that employees may continue
   to take leave related to COVID-19 until September 25, 2021. Finally, it
   makes related amendments to regulations and contains coordinating amend-
   ments. Part 3 amends the Public Health Events of National Concern Pay-
   ments Act to limit, as of October 1, 2020, the payments that may be made out
   of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under that Act to those in respect of speci-
   fied measures related to COVID-19, up to specified amounts. It also
   postpones the repeal of that Act until December 31, 2020.
Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill C-11). Commons 1st Reading No-
   vember 17, 2020. Summary: Part 1 enacts the Consumer Privacy Protection
   Act to protect the personal information of individuals while recognizing the
   need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information in the
   course of commercial activities. In consequence, it repeals Part 1 of the Per-
   sonal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and changes the
   short title of that Act to the Electronic Documents Act. It also makes conse-
   quential and related amendments to other Acts. Part 2 enacts the Personal
   Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, which establishes an adminis-
   trative tribunal to hear appeals of certain decisions made by the Privacy
   Commissioner under the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and to impose
   penalties for the contravention of certain provisions of that Act. It also makes
   a related amendment to the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Can-
   ada Act.
Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill C-14). Royal Assent May 6,
   2021, S.C. 2021, c. 7. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: Part 1 amends
   the Income Tax Act to provide additional support to families with young chil-
   dren as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progresses. It
   also amends the Children’s Special Allowances Act to provide a similar ben-
   efit in respect of young children under that Act. As part of the Government’s

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response to COVID-19, it amends the Income Tax Act to provide that an ex-
    pense can qualify as a qualifying rent expense for the purposes of the Canada
    Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) when it becomes due rather than when it is
    paid, provided certain conditions are met. Part 2 amends the Canada Student
    Loans Act to provide that, during the period that begins on April 1, 2021 and
    ends on March 31, 2022, no interest is payable by a borrower on a guaran-
    teed student loan and no amount on account of interest is required to be paid
    by the borrower. Part 3 amends the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act
    to provide that, during the period that begins on April 1, 2021 and ends on
    March 31, 2022, no interest is payable by a borrower on a student loan and
    no amount on account of interest is required to be paid by the borrower. Part
    4 amends the Apprentice Loans Act to provide that, during the period that
    begins on April 1, 2021 and ends on March 31, 2022, no interest is payable
    by a borrower on an apprentice loan and no amount on account of interest is
    required to be paid by a borrower. Part 5 amends the Food and Drugs Act. It
    also amends that Act to provide that any prescribed provisions of regulations
    made under that Act apply to food, drugs, cosmetics and devices intended for
    export that would otherwise be exempt from the application of that Act. Part
    6 authorizes payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
    Part 7 amends the Borrowing Authority Act to, among other things, increase
    the maximum amount of certain borrowings and include certain borrowings
    that were previously excluded in the calculation of that amount. It also makes
    a related amendment to the Financial Administration Act.
Effective and Accountable Charities Act (Bill S-222). Passed Senate. Commons
    1st Reading June 23, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Income Tax
    Act to permit charities to provide their resources to a person who is not a
    qualified donee, provided that they take reasonable steps to ensure those re-
    sources are used exclusively for a charitable purpose.
Émilie Sansfaçon Act (Bill C-265). Commons reported without amendment June
    21, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act
    to increase from 15 to 50 the maximum number of weeks for which benefits
    may be paid because of illness, injury or quarantine.
International Mother Language Day Act (S-211). Passed Senate. Commons 1st
    Reading June 23, 2021. Summary: This enactment designates the 21st day of
    February in each and every year as ‘International Mother Language Day‘.
Kindness Week Act (Bill S-223). Royal Assent June 3, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 9. In
    force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment designates the third
    week of February in each and every year as ‘Kindness Week‘.
Modern Slavery Act (Bill S-216). Senate 2nd Reading March 30, 2021. Summary:
    This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation
    on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the
    risk that forced labour or child labour is used at any step in the production of
    goods in Canada or elsewhere by the entity or in the production of goods
    imported into Canada. The Act provides for an inspection regime and gives
    the Minister the power to require an entity to provide certain information.
    This enactment also amends the Customs Tariff to allow for a prohibition on

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the importation of goods manufactured or produced, in whole or in part, by
   forced labour or child labour as those terms are defined in the Modern Slav-
   ery Act.
National Framework for Diabetes Act (Bill C-237). Royal Assent June 29, 2021:
   S.C. 2021, c. 19. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enactment
   provides for the development of a national framework designed to support
   improved access for Canadians to diabetes prevention and treatment.
National Ribbon Skirt Day Act (Bill S-227). Senate 2nd Reading June 21, 2021.
   Summary: This enactment designates the 4th day of January in each and
   every year as ‘National Ribbon Skirt Day‘.
National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act (Bill C-230). Commons
   reported with amendments June 22, 2021. Summary: This enactment requires
   the Minister of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of pro-
   vincial and municipal governments, of Indigenous communities and of other
   affected communities, to develop a national strategy to promote efforts across
   Canada to redress the harm caused by environmental racism. It also provides
   for reporting requirements in relation to the strategy.
Port of Montreal Operations Act, 2021 (Bill C-29). Royal Assent April 30, 2021,
   S.C. 2021, c. 6. Act comes into force at 00:00:01 Eastern Daylight Saving
   Time on the day after the day on which it receives royal assent. Summary:
   This enactment provides for the resumption and continuation of operations at
   the Port of Montreal and imposes mediation as the process for resolving mat-
   ters remaining in dispute between the parties. It empowers the mediator-arbi-
   trator to impose arbitration as the process for resolving matters that cannot
   be resolved through mediation. Finally, it sets out the elements that are to be
   included in the new collective agreement between the parties.
Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act (Bill S-203).
   Passed Senate June 28, 2021. Summary: This enactment makes it an offence
   to make sexually explicit material available to young persons on the Internet.
   It also enables the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to
   require that steps be taken by Internet service providers to prevent sexually
   explicit material from being made available to young persons on the Internet.
Reducing Barriers to Reintegration Act (Bill C-31). Commons 1st Reading June
   10, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the Criminal Records Act and
   makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Reduction of Recidivism Framework Act (Bill C-228). Royal Assent June 29,
   2021: S.C. 2021, c. 18. In force as set out in the Act. Summary: This enact-
   ment provides for the development and implementation of a federal frame-
   work to reduce recidivism.
Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act (Bill C-218). Royal Assent June 29,
   2021: S.C. 2021, c. 20. Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order
   of the Governor in Council — (SI/2021-56) August 27, 2021is fixed as
   the day on which the Act comes into force. Summary: This enactment
   repeals paragraph 207(4)(b) of the Criminal Code to make it lawful for the
   government of a province, or a person or entity licensed by the Lieutenant
   Governor in Council of that province, to conduct and manage a lottery

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scheme in the province that involves betting on a race or fight or on a sin-
    gle sport event or athletic contest.
Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (Bill C-28).
    Commons 1st Reading April 13, 2021. Summary: This enactment amends the
    Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The enactment also makes re-
    lated amendments to the Food and Drugs Act to enable the assessment and
    management of risks to the environment associated with foods, drugs, cos-
    metics and devices. Finally, the enactment repeals the Perfluorooctane Sulfo-
    nate Virtual Elimination Act.
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill C-15).
    Royal Assent June 21, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 14. In force as set out in the Act.
    Summary: This enactment provides that the Government of Canada must take
    all measures necessary to ensure that the laws of Canada are consistent with
    the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and
    must prepare and implement an action plan to achieve the objectives of the
    Declaration.

           CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
                          (New entries are in boldface.
                Multiple entries indicate multiple amendments.)
                        (Latest Act Reviewed: 2021, c. 23)
Apprentice Loans Act...See....Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020
    (Bill C-14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Auditor General Act....See....Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act
    (Bill C-12), S.C. 2021, c. 22.
Bills of Exchange Act....See....An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the
    Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and
    Reconciliation) (Bill C-5), S.C. 2021, c. 11.
Borrowing Authority Act....See....Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020
    (Bill C-14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Canada Labour Code....See....An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the
    Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and
    Reconciliation) (Bill C-5), S.C. 2021, c. 11.
Canada Labour Code...See....An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code
    (compassionate care leave) (Bill C-220), S.C. 2021, c. 17.
Canada Labour Code...See....COVID-19 Response Measures Act (Bill C-4) S.C.
    2020, c. 12.
Canada Recovery Benefit (enactment)...See....COVID-19 Response Measures
    Act (Bill C-4) S.C. 2020, c. 12.
Canada Recovery Benefit....See....An Act to amend the Employment Insurance
    Act (additional regular benefits), the Canada Recovery Benefits Act
    (restriction on eligibility) and another Act in response to COVID-19 (Bill C-
    24) S.C. 2021, c. 3.

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Canada Revenue Agency Act...See....An Act to amend the Canada Revenue
    Agency Act (organ and tissue donors) (Bill C-210), S.C. 2021, c. 12.
Canada Student Financial Assistance Act...See....Economic Statement
    Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill C-14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Canada Student Loan Act...See....Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020
    (Bill C-14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Citizenship Act....See....An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Truth and
    Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 94) (Bill C-8)
    S.C. 2021, c. 13.
Coasting Trade Act...See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity
    Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.
Commercial Arbitration Act....See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity
    Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.
COVID-19 Emergency Response Act...See....COVID-19 Response Measures Act
    (Bill C-4) S.C. 2020, c. 12.
Criminal Code....See....An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code
    (Bill C-3), S.C. 2021, c. 8.
Criminal Code....See....Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act (Bill C-218), S.C.
    2021, c. 20.
Customs Act....See....An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act
    (additional regular benefits), the Canada Recovery Benefits Act (restriction
    on eligibility) and another Act in response to COVID-19 (Bill C-24) S.C.
    2021, c. 3.
Customs Act....See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement
    Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.
Employment Insurance Act....See....An Act to amend the Employment Insurance
    Act (additional regular benefits), the Canada Recovery Benefits Act
    (restriction on eligibility) and another Act in response to COVID-19 (Bill C-
    24) S.C. 2021, c. 3.
Export and Import Permits Act....See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade
    Continuity Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.
Financial Administration Act....See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity
    Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.
Financial Administration Act....See....Economic Statement Implementation Act,
    2020 (Bill C-14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Food and Drugs Act...See....Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill
    C-14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act....See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade
    Continuity Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.
Income Tax Act...See....An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small
    business or family farm or fishing corporation) (Bill C-206), S.C. 2021, c. 21.
Income Tax Act...See....Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill C-
    14), S.C. 2021, c. 7.
Investment Canada Act....See....Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity
    Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-18) S.C. 2021, c. 1.

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Judges Act....See....An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code (Bill
    C-3), S.C. 2021, c. 8.
Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act...See....COVID-19
    Response Measures Act (Bill C-4) S.C. 2020, c. 12.
Income Tax Act....See....An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada
    Emergency Rent Subsidy and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy) (Bill C-9)
    S.C. 2020, c. 13.
Interpretation Act....See....An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the
    Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and
    Reconciliation) (Bill C-5), S.C. 2021, c. 11.
Offshore Health and Safety Act....See....An Act to amend the Offshore Health
    and Safety Act (Bill S-3). Royal Assent June 3, 2021: S.C. 2021, c. 10.

           PROCLAMATIONS and ORDERS IN
                   COUNCIL
      (NOTE: New entries are in bold-face. The Acts listed here were
       passed in a previous session of Parliament. Proclamations and
   Orders for Acts in the current session appear in the STATUS AND
                       SUMMARY OF BILLS section.)
Access to Information Act, R.S., c. A-1 — (SOR/2021-188) Schedule I to the
   Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the head-
   ing ‘Other Government Institutions‘: Pacific Economic Development Agency
   of Canada; Order comes into force on August 6, 2021 — (SOR/2021-193)
   Schedule I to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical
   order under the heading ‘Other Government Institutions‘: Federal Economic
   Development Agency for Northern Ontario; Order comes into force on Au-
   gust 12, 2021.
An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, S.C. 2019,
   c. 9 — (SI/2021-35) July 7, 2021 is fixed as the day on which ss. 2, 4(3), 6,
   8 and 15 of the Act come into force.
An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforce-
   ment Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diver-
   sion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, S.C. 2019, c.
   16 — (SI/2020-75) November 12, 2021 is fixed as the day on which ss.
   73(2) to (6), 74 and 76(3) of the Act come into force; and the day on which
   this Order is registered as the day on which ss. 105(1), 106(2), 111(2) to (4),
   115(3) and (5) of the Act come into force — (SI/2021-7) March 1, 2021 is
   fixed as the day on which Section 22.1 of the Act Comes into Force in Mani-
   toba, Yukon and Nunavut.

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