Bill C-528 (Historical)

Conservation of National Historic Sites Act

An Act to provide funding for the conservation of national historic sites

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

This bill was previously introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session.

Sponsor

Gord Brown  Conservative

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 June 10, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

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

This enactment sets out rules in respect of the treatment of donations made to registered charities or Her Majesty in right of Canada for the conservation of national historic sites.

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.

Conservation of National Historic Sites ActRoutine Proceedings

June 10th, 2013 / 3:45 p.m.


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Conservative

Gord Brown Conservative Leeds—Grenville, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-528, An Act to provide funding for the conservation of national historic sites.

Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank the hon. member for Edmonton Centre for seconding my private member's bill.

I am happy to rise today to introduce this bill. It is an act to provide funding for the conservation of national historic sites. This bill would provide the means by which individuals and corporations could donate money to be used for the preservation of national historic sites and receive tax receipts. It also sets out how the money would be used.

Our national historic sites are important cultural places that help link us to our past, but there are costs to repair them, and those costs are increasing all the time. In my time at the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, when it oversaw the operation of Fort Henry in Kingston, I saw this first-hand. People came forward with ideas to contribute and get tax receipts.

There are additional national historic sites that need long-term support, such as the Rideau Canal in my riding of Leeds—Grenville, as well as Fort Wellington and the Delta mill and other national historic sites. This bill would help do that. It would help to see that these sites plan for the major restoration work that always needs to be done.

I look forward to this bill being debated and passed in order to help all of our national historic sites.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)