Bill C-218 (Historical)

Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (railway noise and vibration control)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

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. 4, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Transportation Act to control noise and vibrations produced by the construction or operation of railways located in close proximity to residential, institutional or commercial establishments at certain times or on certain days.

Similar bills

C-393 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act

C-587 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Railway Noise and Vibration Control 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-218s:

C-218 (2021) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (psychotherapy services)

C-218 (2021) Law Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act

C-218 (2020) Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act

C-218 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (Autism Spectrum Disorders)

Report StagePublic Complaints and Review Commission ActGovernment Orders

June 4th, 2024 / 11 p.m.

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Conservative

Marc Dalton Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC

Madam Speaker, that is an amazing question because I do have the answers. Let us give a few little examples. Let me see. The Liberals did it as well. For example, in the notice paper on November 26, 2018, a notice of a motion deleting the short title for Bill C-87 happened. That was interesting.

Again, on March 6 of the year before, the parliamentary secretary put a motion to delete the short title of Bill C-22. Yes, that was two, but we have to give three, right?

The third is on June 6, 2018. We need to mix things up a little bit. The NDP member for Victoria seconded an amendment by the BQ member for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert to delete the short title of Bill C-218.