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C-56 House Government Bill

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act

Sponsor: Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (University—Rosedale)

Proposed changes

Part 1 amends the Excise Tax Act in order to implement a temporary enhancement to the GST New Residential Rental Property Rebate in respect of new purpose-built rental housing.

Part 2 amends the Competition Act to, among other things, (a) establish a framework for the Minister of Industry to direct the Commissioner of Competition to conduct an inquiry into the state of competition in a market or industry; (b) permit the Competition Tribunal to make certain orders even if none of the parties to an agreement or arrangement — a significant purpose of which is to prevent or lessen competition in any market — are competitors; and (c) repeal the exception in section 96 of the Act involving efficiency gains brought about by mergers.

Committee study

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Who's lobbying on it

12 organizations named this bill in their lobbying registration or in 6 reported meetings. Their own words are quoted.

MPs lobbied about it

Abdelhaq Sari 1Jean-Denis Garon 1Xavier Barsalou-Duval 1Pierre Paul-Hus 1

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