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Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023
In accordance with its Order of Reference of Tuesday, May 2, 2023, your committee has considered Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, and agreed on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, to report it with the following amendments:

Clause 113

That Bill C-47, in Clause 113, be amended by

(a) replacing line 17 on page 100 with the following:

“113 (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill C-46,”

(b) replacing lines 22 to 31 on page 100 with the following:

“(2) If section 29 and subsections 49(1) and (2) of this Act come into force before section 3 and subsections 4(1) and (2) of the other Act, then that section 3 and those subsections 4(1) and (2) are deemed never to have come into force and are repealed.

(3) If section 3 and subsections 4(1) and (2) of the other Act come into force on the same day as section 29 and subsections 49(1) and (2) of this Act, then that section 3 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed and those subsections 4(1) and (2) are deemed to have come into force before those subsections 49(1) and (2).

(4) If section 3 of the other Act comes into force before section 29 of this Act, then that section 29 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.”

New Clause 242.1

That Bill C-47 be amended by adding after line 24 on page 191 the following:

“242.1 (1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply if Bill C-46, introduced in the 1st Session of the 44th Parliament and entitled the Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 3 (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.

(2) If section 2 of the other Act comes into force before section 242 of this Act, then that section 242 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.

(3) If section 242 of this Act comes into force before section 2 of the other Act, that section 2 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.

(4) If section 2 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 242 of this Act, then that section 242 is deemed never to have come into force and is repealed.”

New Clause 248.1

That Bill C-47 be amended by adding after line 29 on page 194 the following new clause:

“248.1 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 41:

42 The Minister shall publish the details of all amounts authorized to be paid under this Act on the website of the Department of Finance as soon as feasible after the payment of such amounts.”

Clause 459

That Bill C-47, in Clause 459, be amended by replacing line 20 on page 294 with the following:

“(3) Each guideline shall be published on the Agency’s website, in the Canada Gazette and in any other manner that”

Clause 471

That Bill C-47, in Clause 471, be amended by replacing lines 13 to 15 on page 300 with the following:

“tuted not later than 36 months af‐”

Clause 633

That Bill C-47, in Clause 633, be amended by replacing line 20 on page 380 with the following:

“mission on”

Clause 634

That Bill C-47, in Clause 634, be amended by replacing lines 14 and 15 on page 384 with the following:

“(2) An appeal is to be heard in the presence of the parties or their counsel or agents, except in the circumstances provided for in the”

Your committee has ordered a reprint of Bill C-47, as amended, as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at the report stage.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94) is tabled.