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 December 2016, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development introduced Bill C-36,

An Act to amend the Statistics Act, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. <br/><br/>Bill C-36 amends the Statistics Act to strengthen the independence of Statistics Canada, including by providing for the appointment of the Chief Statistician to hold office during good behaviour and by assigning to the Chief Statistician the powers related to methods, procedures and operations of Statistics Canada. It also establishes a transparent process to issue directives to the Chief Statistician concerning those methods, procedures and operations or the statistical programs.

In addition, it establishes the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council, no longer requires the consent of respondents to transfer their Census information to Library and Archives Canada and repeals imprisonment as a penalty for any offence committed by a respondent.

Finally, it amends certain provisions by modernizing the language of the Act to better reflect current methods of collecting statistical information.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2016-12-07) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2017-02-07) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2017-05-08) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2017-06-20) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2017-06-20) Senate — First reading: Completed (2017-06-21) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2017-11-09) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2017-12-07) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2017-12-12) LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/42-1/c-36