Promotion of Local Foods Act

An Act to promote local foods

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Anne Minh-Thu Quach  NDP

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

Status

Defeated, as of May 14, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment is designed to implement a pan-Canadian local foods strategy and to require the development of a policy to encourage government institutions to purchase those foods.

Similar bills

C-380 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) Promotion of Local Foods Act
C-539 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Promotion of Local Foods Act

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-539s:

C-539 (2010) An Act respecting the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations
C-539 (2008) An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (vibration and noise)

Votes

May 14, 2014 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

The House resumed from May 12 consideration of the motion that Bill C-539, An Act to promote local foods, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Promotion of Local Foods ActPrivate Members' Business

May 14th, 2014 / 5:55 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-539.

(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

Vote #141

Promotion of Local Foods ActPrivate Members' Business

May 14th, 2014 / 6 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion defeated.