An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against the transportation of oil by oil tankers on Canada's Pacific North Coast)
This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.
This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.
Joyce Murray Liberal
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Second reading (House), as of Feb. 14, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends Part 9 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to prohibit the transportation of oil by oil tankers in the areas of the sea adjacent to Canada’s Pacific North Coast known as Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance.
It also allows the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, to designate other areas of the sea in which the transportation of oil by oil tankers is prohibited.
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-606s: