Bill C-259 (Historical)

Open Science Act

An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (scientific research)

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 April 14, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Access to Information Act to require each government institution to post on its website, or make accessible through it, all records composed in whole or in part of scientific research as soon as practicable following the conclusion of the research.

Similar bills

C-699 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Public Access to Science Act

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-259s:

C-259 (2022) An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (collision avoidance system)

C-259 (2020) An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (pension plans and group insurance programs)

C-259 (2013) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (goods and services tax on school authorities)

C-259 (2011) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (goods and services tax on school authorities)

C-259 (2010) An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (annual financial statements)

C-259 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act (annual financial statements)