Supporting Vested Rights Under Access to Information Act
C-52 (42)
LEGISinfo Bills
An Act to amend
Chapter 6 of the Statutes of Canada, 2012
Short title: Supporting Vested Rights Under Access to Information Act Bill C-52 (42-1) Status: At second reading in the House of Commons Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Regina—Wascana) Latest stage: First reading
Legislative
summary <div>A legislative
summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive
summary is available. <br/><br/>On 9 June 2017, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness introduced Bill C-52,
An Act to amend
Chapter 6 of the Statutes of Canada, 2012 (Supporting Vested Rights Under Access to Information Act) in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>Bill C-52, among other things,<br/><br/>(
a) amends the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act, by repealing the amendments made by the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1, to retroactively restore the application of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act to the records related to the registration of non-restricted firearms until the day on which this enactment receives royal assent;<br/>(
b) provides that the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act continue to apply to proceedings that were initiated under those Acts before that day until the proceedings are finally disposed of, settled or abandoned; and<br/>(
c) directs the Commissioner of Firearms to provide the minister of the Government of Quebec responsible for public security with a copy of such records, at that minister’s request</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2017-06-09) House of Commons — Second reading: No activity
LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/42-1/c-52