C-55 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2016
Short title: Appropriation Act No. 1, 2015-16
Bill type
House Government Bill
Appropriation
This bill received royal assent on Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Statutes of Canada 2015, c. 8

Progress

End of stage activity
First reading, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sitting 188
Agreed to (Vote 360)
2nd reading and referral to committee - WHOL
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Committee of the Whole
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
End of stage activity
Third reading, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sitting 188
Agreed to (Vote 362)
3rd reading
End of stage activity
First reading, Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
End of stage activity
Second reading, Monday, March 30, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, March 30, 2015
Sitting 129
Major speeches
Show major speeches at second reading
End of stage activity
Third reading, Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Bill passed by the Senate
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 360 — Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill C-55, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2016
Yeas:
150
Nays:
130
Paired:
0
Total:
280
Vote 361 — Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-55, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2016
Yeas:
150
Nays:
130
Paired:
0
Total:
280
Vote 362 — Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-55, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2016
Yeas:
150
Nays:
130
Paired:
0
Total:
280

Senate

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Speaker's rulings and statements

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Major speeches at second reading

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
Monday, March 30, 2015 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 129) Larry Smith (Conservative)
Monday, March 30, 2015 Response speech(Sitting 129) Joseph A. Day (Liberal)

About

Legislative summary

The Library of Parliament does not prepare Legislative Summaries for appropriation bills, ways and means bills and borrowing-authority bills. The following is a short summary:

On 24 March 2015, the President of the Treasury Board introduced Bill C-55, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2016, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.

Bill C-55 (Appropriation Act No. 1, 2015-16) received Royal Assent on 31 March 2015 and authorizes payments to defray certain expenses of the public service of Canada, not otherwise provided for, for the financial year ending 31 March 2016. The Act provides for the sum of $25,776,976,948.58 to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be used the public service of Canada. The Act came into force on Royal Assent.

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