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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,
70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-237
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and the Canada Health Act
FIRST READING, February 7, 2022
Mr. Plamondon
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act to provide that a province with a program whose objectives are comparable to those of a federal program in an area under the legislative authority of the province may withdraw from the federal program.
It also amends that Act and the Canada Health Act in order to exempt Quebec from the national criteria and conditions set out for the Canada Health Transfer.
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1st Session, 44th Parliament,
70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-237
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and the Canada Health Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.‍S.‍, c. F-8

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

1 Section 24 of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act is renumbered as subsection 24(1) and is amended by adding the following:
Non-application in Quebec
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(2) Quebec is exempt from the application of paragraph (1)‍(a).
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2 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 30:
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PART VI.‍1 
Withdrawal of a Province
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Payment in case of withdrawal
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30.‍1 (1) A province that has a program whose objectives are comparable to those of a federal program may, at any time, choose to withdraw from the federal program, in which case it shall receive the same financial contribution it would have received had it not withdrawn.
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Definition of federal program
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(2) In subsection (1), federal program means any plan under which the federal government undertakes to pay a financial contribution for the achievement of national objectives in an area under the legislative authority of the provinces.
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R.‍S.‍, c. C-6

Canada Health Act

3 Section 7 of the Canada Health Act is renumbered as subsection 7(1) and is amended by adding the following:
Non-application in Quebec
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(2) Quebec is exempt from the application of subsection (1) and is to receive the full cash contribution referred to in section 5.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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