Bill C-476 (Historical)

Parliamentary Budget Officer Act

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Budget Officer)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Thomas Mulcair NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of June 12, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment provides for the appointment of the Parliamentary Budget Officer as an officer of Parliament.

Similar bills

C-381 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Strengthening Fiscal Transparency Act

C-572 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Strengthening Fiscal Transparency Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-476s:

C-476 (2010) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and other Acts (unfunded pension plan liabilities)

C-476 (2009) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and other Acts (unfunded pension plan liabilities)

C-476 (2007) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit for gifts)

C-476 (2004) Elimination of Racial Profiling Act

Votes

June 12, 2013 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Private Members' BusinessRoutine Proceedings

March 25th, 2013 / 3:20 p.m.

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The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The Chair would like to take a moment to provide some information to the House regarding the management of private members' business.

As members know, after the order of precedence is replenished, the Chair reviews the new items so as to alert the House to bills which at first glance appear to impinge on the financial prerogative of the Crown. This allows members the opportunity to intervene in a timely fashion to present their views about the need for those bills to be accompanied by a royal recommendation.

Accordingly, following the February 27, 2013, replenishment of the order of precedence with 15 new items, I wish to inform the House that there are two bills that give the Chair some concern as to the spending provisions they contemplate.

These are Bill C-476, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Budget Officer), standing in the name of the member for Outremont, and Bill C-480, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (funeral arrangements), standing in the name of the member for Laval—Les Îles.

I would encourage hon. members who would like to make arguments regarding the need for a royal recommendation to accompany these bills, or any of the other bills now on the order of precedence, to do so at an early opportunity.

I thank hon. members for their attention.

EthicsOral Questions

March 4th, 2013 / 2:15 p.m.

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Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam B.C.

Conservative

James Moore ConservativeMinister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages

Mr. Speaker, it is funny—the same person, two different arguments. On the one hand, the leader of the NDP likes to, of course, trash individuals and an institution, but on the other hand, just last week, in this place, he tabled Bill C-476, where the leader of the NDP actually wants to give new powers to the Senate over officers of Parliament.

If the leader of the NDP is actually serious about reforming the Senate, he would get behind our effort to have an elected Senate with senators who have term limits. He can do so in a responsible way rather than trashing individuals, and on the other hand, putting forward legislation to empower an institution that he says has had its best day behind it.