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An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (vehicle side guards)

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

Sponsor

Hoang Mai  NDP

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

Status

Defeated, as of Dec. 10, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Motor Vehicle Safety Act to prohibit the manufacture or importation of vehicles in higher weight categories that are not equipped with side guards.

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-603s:

C-603 (2010) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (minimum age of employment)

Votes

Dec. 10, 2014 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

TransportationOral Questions

September 30th, 2014 / 2:45 p.m.


See context

NDP

Hoang Mai NDP Brossard—La Prairie, QC

Mr. Speaker, the coroner who investigated the tragic death of cyclist Mathilde Blais was clear. If the truck that hit her had been equipped with side guards, the young cyclist would not have fallen under the truck's wheels.

My Bill C-603 would make side guards mandatory on heavy trucks. We can save lives.

What will the government do to protect pedestrians and cyclists?