CILPD News

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law Reforms

Bill C-12, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (Parliament of Canada website)

Part 9 of Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 (Note: when you enter this site open the section named: Amendments Relating to Eligible Financial Contracts) (Parliament of Canada website)

Bill C-55, An Act to establish the Wage Earner Protection Program Act, to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Parliament of Canada website)

PDF Version of Bill C-55 (PDF, 777 KB, 156 pages)

Bill C-55: clause by clause analysis (HTML version)

Bill C-55: clause by clause analysis (PDF version)

Press release and background information

Questions and Answers on the amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act

Questions and Answers on the Wage Earner Protection Program

Reform of the Canada Corporations Act: The Federal Not-for-Profit Framework Law

Bill C-21 - An Act Respecting Not-For-Profit Corporations and Other corporations Without Share Capital (Parliament of Canada website)

Bill C-21 - Proposed Regulations

Bill C-21 - Summary (Parliament of Canada website)

Bill C-21 - Press Release and Backgrounder

Primer for Directors of Not-For-Profit Corporations, Rights, Duties and Practices

PDF Format of Primer for directors of not-for-profit corporations (Rights, Duties and Practices) (PDF, 1114 KB, 111 pages)

Thematic Summary of the Consultations -- Reform of the Canada Corporations Act: The Federal Not-for-Profit Framework Law (May 9 to June 19, 2002)

Draft Framework for a New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

PDF version of the Draft Framework for a New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (PDF, 106 KB, 75 pages)

Discussion Issues for a New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

PDF Version of the Discussion Issues for a New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (PDF, 81 KB, 50 pages)

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law

Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (Parliament of Canada website)

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