An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Bill C-263 in 44-1 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill establishing the Office of the Commissioner for Responsible Government in Canada, an independent officer of Parliament whose role would parallel the federal Information Commissioner and the Privacy Commissioner. The Commissioner would oversee federal-government accountability, conflict-of-interest enforcement (currently the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner role), and the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act framework. The federal Liberal-NDP government's separate Bill C-58 (Anti-Scab Bill, S.C. 2024, c. 12) implemented other government-accountability commitments. C-263 of 44-1 did not pass second reading.
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Creates an independent Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad, with real investigative powers. Replaces the weaker administrative CORE office.
Issues this bill touches
- Foreign Policy & Defence
Creates an independent Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad with investigative powers.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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