An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (pension plans and group insurance plans)
Bill C-225 (44-1) was an NDP Private Member's Bill from Daniel Blaikie to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act so that a company's unfunded pension obligations are paid ahead of other creditors when it goes bankrupt. It carried forward a long-running NDP campaign after the Sears Canada and Nortel collapses left retirees with reduced pensions. A Conservative bill, C-264, sought the same protection. The government's own Bill C-228 (Pension Protection Act) delivered super-priority for pension shortfalls, receiving royal assent on April 27, 2023, so C-225 was overtaken.
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Would move a company's unfunded pension obligations ahead of other creditors in bankruptcy, so retirees are not left short as they were after Sears Canada and Nortel. An NDP private member's bill from Daniel Blaikie; the government's C-228 delivered this in 2023.
Issues this bill touches
- Workers' Rights & Labour
Bumps pension and benefit obligations to the front of the creditor line in CCAA/BIA insolvency.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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