An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (right to repair)
This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in December 2009.
This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in December 2009.
Brian Masse NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Dead, as of Nov. 17, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.
This enactment adds a definition of “product” in section 75 of the Competition Act to make it clear that that term includes technical information that is required by a person in order to provide a service to a customer. This ensures that the Competition Tribunal is able to require a supplier to provide this information to a customer in accordance with section 75 in cases where the supplier has previously refused to do so.
The enactment also amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to provide that companies that manufacture motor vehicles in Canada or that import motor vehicles into Canada are required to make available to Canadian motor vehicle owners and repair facilities the information and diagnostic tools and capabilities necessary to diagnose, service and repair those motor vehicles.
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.
Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on Oct. 28, 2009