What is C-288? – Telecommunications Act (Transparent and accurate broadband services information)
C-288 would require broadband carriers to make the quality of their service during peak periods easily accessible by the public.
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What is C-283? – Addiction treatment in penitentiaries
C-283 makes it so prisons can be designated as addiction treatment facilities for convicts.
What is C-259? – Aeronautics collision avoidance systems
C-259 – An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system) is a short and simple Bill. It amends the Aeronautics Act to require that any gliders that have an enclosed cockpit and weigh more than 200kg, as well as anything used to tow these gliders, need to have a GPS-based collision avoidance system.
What is C-228? – The Pension Protection Act
C-228 – Pension Protection Act – is a straightforward one. It makes changes to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to ensure that any company that goes bankrupt meets any obligations they have when it comes to pension plans and group insurance plans. C-228 also makes a small change to the Pension Benefits Standards Act. At the moment every year a report is sent to the House on how well the Pension Benefits Standards Act is working. C-228 would add the success of pension plans meeting their funding requirements to this report, as well as any...
What is S-223? – Human Organ Trafficking
Bill S-223 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs) – is set to fight “transplant tourism”. It adds a definition for organ trafficking to the Criminal Code, makes it possible to charge citizens involved in organ trafficking outside of the country, and allows us to block entry to non-citizens that are involved.
Bill C-242 – Reuniting Families Act
Original Bill here Bill C-242 does a few things relating to extended temporary resident visas used to visit children or grandchildren that are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. First, if someone applying for a TRV is staying for an extended period of time it will allow them to use a health insurance policy purchased from an insurance company outside of Canada to meet the requirement that they have private health insurance. Second, it sets the length of an extended stay to 5 years. (As far as I can see TRVs usually only allow for a visit of 6 months) Finally...