Bill C-377

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	1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001
	House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-377
	An Act respecting the National Conference on Guaranteed Annual Income
	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short title	1. This Act may be cited as the National Conference on Guaranteed Annual Income Act.
Minister	2. In this Act, ``Minister'' means such member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada as designated by the Governor in Council to be the Minister for the purposes of this Act.
Conference	3. (1) The Minister shall convene a conference for the purpose of making recommendations on creating and implementing a national program to guarantee a minimum annual income to each Canadian.
Date and venue	(2) The conference shall take place in Ottawa, on or before November, 2003.
Participants	(3) The Minister shall promote the conference with a view to obtaining the broadest possible representation from all sectors of Canadian society and all regions of Canada, with a particular emphasis on the provincial, municipal and community organizations whose objects are the lessening, removal or prevention of the causes and effects of poverty or dependence on public assistance.
Report	4. (1) The Minister shall within three months after the end of the conference, prepare a report on the recommendations made by the participants during the conference.
Tabling in Parliament	(2) The Minister shall cause 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 prepares it, and the report shall be referred to such committee of that House or of both Houses of Parliament as may be designated or established to review it.
Departments to collaborate	5. All departments, boards, agencies and commissions established by an Act of Parliament or appointed by order of the Governor in Council shall collaborate with the Minister in all matters relating to the conference.
Agreements	6. In exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions under this Act, the Minister may enter into agreements with the government of any province or any agency thereof.