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An Act to amend the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.
This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.
John Baird Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
This enactment amends the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, in order to enhance public safety — the safety of human life and health and of property and the environment.
The main amendments fall into two categories: new security requirements and safety amendments. These amendments include the following:
(a) requirements for security plans and security training;
(b) a requirement that prescribed persons must hold transportation security clearances to transport dangerous goods, and the establishment of regulatory authority in relation to appeals and reviews of any decision in respect of those clearances;
(c) the creation of a choice of instruments — regulations, security measures and interim orders — to govern security in relation to dangerous goods;
(d) the use of industry emergency response assistance plans approved by Transport Canada to respond to an actual or apprehended release of dangerous goods during their transportation;
(e) the establishment of regulatory authority to require that dangerous goods be tracked during transport or reported if lost or stolen;
(f) clarification of the Act to ensure that it is applicable uniformly throughout Canada, including to local works and undertakings;
(g) reinforcement and strengthening of the Emergency Response Assistance Plan Program; and
(h) authority for inspectors to inspect any place in which standardized means of containment are being manufactured, repaired or tested.
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-9s:
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Some hon. members
Question.
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The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
The question is on the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
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Some hon. members
Yea.
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Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992Government Orders
Some hon. members
Nay.
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The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Call in the members.
And the bells having rung:
Accordingly, the vote is deferred.
(The House resumed at 5:30 p.m.)
The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, be read the third time and passed.
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The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
It now being 5:30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the third reading stage of Bill C-9.
Call in the members.
Before the taking of the vote:
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The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
Before I put the question to the House, I would like to draw the attention of the House to some of the honourable veterans from the Canadian Armed Forces who are with us this evening. I would like to welcome them to the House of Commons.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!