Bill C-288 (Historical)

Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act

An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Pablo Rodriguez  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to ensure that Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. It requires the Minister of the Environment to establish an annual Climate Change Plan and to make regulations respecting climate change. It also requires the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to advise the Minister — to the extent that it is within its purpose — on the effectiveness of the plans, and requires the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to submit to the Speaker of the House of Commons a report of the progress in the implementation of the plans.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-288s:

C-288 (2022) Law An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (transparent and accurate broadband services information)
C-288 (2021) An Act to amend the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
C-288 (2016) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits)
C-288 (2011) Law National Flag of Canada Act

Votes

Feb. 14, 2007 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Feb. 14, 2007 Passed That Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.
Feb. 14, 2007 Passed That Bill C-288, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 4 and 5 on page 9 with the following: “de la Chambre des communes, lesquels les déposent devant leur chambre respective”
Feb. 14, 2007 Passed That Bill C-288, in Clause 10, be amended: (a) by replacing, in the French version, line 30 on page 8 with the following: “(i) sur la probabilité que chacun des règle-” (b) by replacing, in the French version, line 34 on page 8 with the following: “(ii) sur la probabilité que l'ensemble des” (c) by replacing, in the French version, line 39 on page 8 with the following: “(iii) sur toute autre question qu'elle estime”
Feb. 14, 2007 Passed That Bill C-288, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 11 on page 4 with the following: “(iii.1) a just”
Oct. 4, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Oct. 26, 2006

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 2, 2006

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 7, 2006

    • Claude Villeneuve, Biologist, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi
    • John Stone, Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University
    • Ian Rutherford, Executive Director, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Partnership Group for Science and Engineering
    • Richard Paton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Chemical Producers' Association
    • Paul Kovacs, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
    • Gordon Lloyd, Vice-President, Technical Affairs, Canadian Chemical Producers' Association

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 9, 2006

    • Bob Page, Vice-President, Sustainable Development, TransAlta Corporation
    • Mark Jaccard, Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
    • James Bruce, As an Individual
    • Ken Ogilvie, Executive Director, Pollution Probe
    • Quentin Chiotti, Air Program Director and Senior Scientist, Pollution Probe

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 21, 2006

    • Ian Burton, Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto, As an Individual
    • David Sauchyn, Research Professor, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative, University of Regina, As an Individual
    • Kory Teneycke, Executive Director, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
    • Michael Cleland, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Gas Association

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 23, 2006

    • Luc Bertrand, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Exchange
    • John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development
    • Jayson Myers, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
    • Andrei Marcu, President, International Emissions Trading Association
    • Len Eddy, President, Agcert Canada

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 23, 2006

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Nov. 28, 2006

    • John Dillon, Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
    • Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
    • Matthew Bramley, Director, Climate Change, Pembina Institute
    • Louise Comeau, Director, Sage Climate Project, Sage Centre

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Dec. 5, 2006

    • Johanne Gélinas, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
    • Pierre Alvarez, President, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
    • Aldyen Donnelly, President, Greenhouse Emissions Management Consortium
    • Steven Guilbeault, Campaigner, Climate and Energy, Greenpeace Canada
    • Alex Manson, Acting Director General, Domestic Climate Change Policy, Department of the Environment
    • Roderick Raphael, Executive Director, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Treasury Board Secretariat
    • Matthew Bramley, Director, Climate Change, Pembina Institute

    Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, on Dec. 7, 2006