Bill C-491
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1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47-48 Elizabeth II, 1997-98-99
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-491 |
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Antipoverty Act
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| R.S., c. H-6;
R.S., c. 31 (1st
Supp.), c. 32
(2nd Supp.);
1992, c. 22;
1993, c. 28;
1994, c. 26;
1995, c. 44;
1996, cc. 11,
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1. Section 2 of the Canadian Human
Rights Act is replaced by the following:
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| Purpose
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2. The purpose of this Act is to extend the
laws in Canada to give effect, within the
purview of matters coming within the
legislative authority of Parliament, to the
principle that every individual should have an
equal opportunity with other individuals to
make for himself or herself the life that he or
she is able and wishes to have, consistent with
his or her duties and obligations as a member
of society, without being hindered in or
prevented from doing so by discriminatory
practices based on race, national or ethnic
origin, colour, religion, age, sex, marital
status, family status, social condition ,
disability or conviction for an offence for
which a pardon has been granted.
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2. Subsection 3(1) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Prohibited
grounds of
discrimina- tion
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3. (1) For all purposes of this Act, race,
national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age,
sex, marital status, family status, social
condition , disability and conviction for which
a pardon has been granted are prohibited
grounds of discrimination.
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3. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 10:
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| Refusal to
provide
banking
services
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10.1 (1) It is a discriminatory practice for a
financial institution offering a banking service
to refuse to provide the banking service to an
individual by reason only of the individual's
low income.
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| For greater
certainty
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(2) For greater certainty, subsection (1)
does not restrict the generality of the other
sections of this Act.
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| Definition
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(3) In this Act, ``financial institution''
means
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4. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 61:
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| Review by the
Commission
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61.1 (1) The Commission shall review
every Bill introduced in or presented to the
House of Commons by a minister of the
Crown to ascertain whether any of its
provisions is likely to result in a
discriminatory practice under this Act, and the
Commission shall report on its findings.
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| Copy of the
report to the
Minister of
Justice
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(2) As soon as it has completed the report,
the Commission shall transmit a copy to the
Minister of Justice.
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| Tabling of
report
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(3) The Minister of Justice shall cause a
copy of the report to be laid before each House
of Parliament on any of the first two days on
which that House is sitting after the Minister
receives the report.
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| Report on
poverty
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61.2 (1) After consultation with Statistics
Canada and the National Council of Welfare,
the Commission shall prepare and transmit to
the Minister of Justice, not later than the first
day of December in each year, a report on
poverty in Canada and the amount of money
that should be expended annually to end that
poverty.
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| Tabling of
report
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(2) The Minister of Justice shall cause a
copy of the report to be laid before each House
of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on
which that House is sitting after the Minister
receives the report.
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| Debate in the
House of
Commons
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(3) Within the first fifteen days that the
House of Commons is sitting following the
tabling of the report, the Minister of Justice
shall file a motion with that House that the
report be debated in that House.
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| Debate in the
House of
Commons
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(4) The House of Commons shall take up
and consider the motion referred to in
subsection (3) beginning on the second day on
which that House is sitting after the day on
which the motion is filed.
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| Vote
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(5) A motion taken up and considered in
accordance with subsection (4) shall be
debated without interruption for not more than
six hours during the time usually allotted to
Government Orders under the Standing
Orders of that House or such longer period as
that House may, with the unanimous consent
of its members, fix and, on the conclusion of
the debate, the Speaker of that House shall
immediately put every question necessary for
the disposal of the motion.
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