Bill C-538 (Historical)

Drinking Water Quality Act

An Act to bring the Food and Drug Regulations in line with the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality

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

Sponsor

Alex Atamanenko  NDP

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 April 29, 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 requires the Minister of Health to bring Division 12 of the Food and Drug Regulations in line with the standards established in the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality within nine months after the day on which this enactment comes into force.

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.

Drinking Water Quality ActRoutine Proceedings

April 29th, 2008 / 10:05 a.m.
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NDP

Alex Atamanenko NDP British Columbia Southern Interior, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-538, An Act to bring the Food and Drug Regulations in line with the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.

Mr. Speaker, this is an act to bring the food and drug regulations in line with the guidelines for Canadian drinking water quality. It states that bottled water must conform to the same strict standards as municipal tap water. Accordingly, bottled water should be regulated by the same guidelines as municipal water in the guidelines for Canadian drinking water quality.

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