Bill C-283 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)

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 June 3, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to require that a recycling program be put in place for electronic products that contain a substance that is specified on the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1.

Similar bills

C-393 (current session) An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)

C-455 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)

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-283s:

C-283 (2022) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (addiction treatment in penitentiaries)

C-283 (2021) Fight Against Food Waste Act

C-283 (2013) Independent and Effective Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman Act

C-283 (2011) Independent and Effective Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman Act

C-283 (2010) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on bicycles)

C-283 (2009) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on bicycles)

1^st reading

Canadian Environmental Protection ActRoutine Proceedings

June 3rd, 2016 / 12:10 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-283, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program).

Madam Speaker, once again I would like to thank the hon. member for Essex for seconding this bill.

With June 5 coming up, being World Environment Day, it is important that this chamber start moving to bring in legislation that would help Canada meet its global responsibilities to deal with climate change.

This bill would amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to require that a recycling program be put in place for electronic products that contain a substance that is specified on the list of toxic substances in schedule 1.

We all know that electronic products are increasingly common. There is no Canadian household that does not have a lot of them. They contain toxic substances that we should be proactive in ensuring do not go into our environment.

This legislation would work to create a national recycling program to divert these products from landfills and make sure we can help preserve our earth for future generations.

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