Bill C-385

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Transport Act

Sponsor

Martin Shields  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of March 19, 2024

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Summary

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This enactment amends the Motor Vehicle Transport Act to specify that, for a driver transporting livestock or insects, hours spent driving, or on duty, within a radius of 240 kilometres of the origin or final destination of a trip do not count towards the maximum number of hours of service per day permitted for that driver.

Elsewhere

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Motor Vehicle Transport ActRoutine Proceedings

March 19th, 2024 / 10:05 a.m.
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Conservative

Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-385, an act to amend the Motor Vehicle Transport Act.

Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise today to introduce my private member's bill, an act to amend the Motor Vehicle Transport Act.

This bill aims to harmonize Canadian logging device rules with our southern neighbours. It proposes a 240-kilometre radius ELD exemption from the start and end points of a journey transporting livestock or insects, such as honeybees.

This common-sense Conservative bill would give agriculture transporters the flexibility they need to safeguard the welfare of livestock if they are faced with unforeseen circumstances while loading or unloading, as well as during their journey, that may cause drivers to go over their ELD allotted hours.

I would like to thank the constituent stakeholders whom I met with and worked with together to bring this bill forward. I also thank the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food for its work in recommending the provisions of this bill in its 16th report.

Conservatives will always support Canadian agriculture producers to safeguard animal welfare and bring home the best-quality food in the world.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)