Bill C-618 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act and the Textile Labelling Act (animal fur or skin)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 10, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Hazardous Products Act to add products made in whole or in part of dog or cat fur to the prohibited products list.
The enactment also amends the Textile Labelling Act to add the phrase “any animal skin from which the hair or fur has not been removed” to the definition “consumer textile article”.

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-618s:

C-618 (2014) Foreign Lobbying Transparency Act

Animal CrueltyStatements By Members

March 7th, 2011 / 2 p.m.

See context

NDP

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Mr. Speaker, like many in B.C., I was horrified to learn of the slaughter of 100 sled dogs in Whistler. These dogs were massacred in an inhumane and cruel manner and then buried in a mass grave.

Public reaction has been huge as Canadians express their outrage and sadness about this appalling crime. I would like to thank the many people who have sent petitions banning the import of cat and dog fur, and petitions pressing for a ban on human consumption of horse meat. I am very pleased to have seconded Bill C-618 regarding the banning of products made of cat and dog fur. I strongly support Bill C-229 to strengthen cruelty to animals laws so that those responsible for such acts would be punished accordingly.

All these important citizen initiatives have focused our attention on what needs to be done.

Animal cruelty laws must be effective and they must not be stripped down in the Senate. I urge all members to join together to protect animals and prevent animal cruelty.