Fairness at the Pumps Act

An Act to amend the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Weights and Measures Act

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Tony Clement  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

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

This enactment provides for the imposition of administrative monetary penalties for contraventions to the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Weights and Measures Act. It also provides for higher maximum fines for offences committed under each of those Acts and creates new offence provisions for repeat offenders.
The enactment also amends the Weights and Measures Act to require that traders cause any device that they use in trade or have in their possession for trade to be examined within the periods prescribed by regulation. That new requirement is to be enforced through a new offence provision. The enactment also provides the Minister of Industry with the authority to designate persons who are not employed in the federal public administration as inspectors to perform certain examinations.

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.

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on June 3, 2010

  • Alan Johnston, President, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry
  • Gilles Vinet, Vice-President, Program Development Directorate, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry
  • Sonia Roussy, Vice-President, Innovative Services Directorate, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on June 10, 2010

  • Richard Dicerni, Deputy Minister, Department of Industry
  • Kelly Gillis, Chief Financial Officer, Comptrollership and Administration Sector, Department of Industry Canada
  • Paul Boothe, Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Industry Canada
  • Peter Boag, President, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute
  • Joan Huzar, Chair, Energy Committee, Consumers Council of Canada
  • Carol Montreuil, Vice-President, Eastern Division, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on June 15, 2010

  • Sonia Marcotte, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association québécoise des indépendants du pétrole
  • Serge Harnois, Chair of the Board of Directors, Association québécoise des indépendants du pétrole
  • René Blouin, Senior Advisor, Association québécoise des indépendants du pétrole
  • Jane Savage, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Independent Petroleum Marketers Association

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on June 17, 2010

  • Alan Johnston, President, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry
  • Gilles Vinet, Vice-President, Program Development Directorate, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry
  • Sonia Roussy, Vice-President, Innovative Services Directorate, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on Oct. 19, 2010

  • Carl Cotton, Manager, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Division, Program Development Directorate, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry
  • Mathieu Frigon, Committee Researcher
  • André Gagné, Senior Program Officer, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Measurement Canada, Department of Industry
  • Alexia Taschereau, Senior Counsel, Legal Services, Department of Industry