Bill C-3 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

John Baird  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the definition “arctic waters” in the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act to extend the geographic application of the Act to the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone of Canada north of the 60th parallel of north latitude.

Similar bills

C-3 (40th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act

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-3s:

C-3 (2021) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code
C-3 (2020) Law An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code
C-3 (2020) An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and the Canada Border Services Agency Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
C-3 (2015) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2015-16

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on March 24, 2009

  • John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
  • Donald Roussel, Director General, Marine Safety, Department of Transport
  • Victor Santos-Pedro, Director, Design, Equipment and Boating Safety, Department of Transport

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on March 26, 2009

  • Patrick Borbey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on March 31, 2009

  • Robert Huebert, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
  • William Adams, As an Individual
  • Émilien Pelletier, Professor, Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Chester Reimer, Senior Strategic Advisor, Inuit Circumpolar Council
  • Alan H. Kessel, Legal Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on April 2, 2009

  • Captain, N) Casper Donovan (Director, Maritime Strategy, Department of National Defence
  • René Grenier, Deputy Commissioner, Maritimes Services, Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  • Michael Wilson, Executive Director, Environmental Assessment and Marine Program, Department of the Environment
  • Robert Allin, Director, Strategic Policy, Planning and Coordination, Enforcement Branch, Department of the Environment