Bill C-522 (Historical)

National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission Act

An Act to establish a National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission and to re-establish the Survey on the Importance of Nature to Canadians

This bill was last introduced in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Larry Bagnell  Liberal

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 4, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment establishes a National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission responsible for making recommendations to the Minister of the Environment in order to help protect Canada’s natural resources and promote activities related to fish and wildlife, including hunting and fishing. The enactment also re-establishes the Survey on the Importance of Nature to Canadians.

Elsewhere

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

National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission ActRoutine Proceedings

March 4th, 2008 / 10:05 a.m.
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Liberal

Larry Bagnell Liberal Yukon, YT

, seconded by the member for Yorkton--Melville, moved for leave to introduce Bill C-522, An Act to establish a National Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission and to re-establish the Survey on the Importance of Nature to Canadians.

He said: Mr. Speaker, as co-chair with the member of the outdoors caucus, l am very happy to introduce this bill to establish a wildlife heritage commission and also a survey of how important outdoor activities are to Canadians.

Millions of Canadians participate in hunting, fishing and outdoor activities. It is a huge component of our tourism industry and it is very important that we do a lot of conservancy to preserve these resources, to make sure harmful species are not introduced, to make sure youth are involved in these activities, and to make sure there is no derogation of aboriginal rights. This is a very exciting initiative. I look forward to the support of the entire House.

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