Bill C-322 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act (road crossings)

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

Sponsor

Hélène Laverdière NDP

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

Status

Defeated, as of May 17, 2017
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Railway Safety Act to authorize the Minister of Transport to order a company to construct a road crossing and to authorize the payment of a grant for that purpose.

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-322s:

C-322 (2023) National Framework for a School Food Program Act

C-322 (2021) An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit)

C-322 (2013) An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act and the Meat Inspection Act (slaughter of horses for human consumption)

C-322 (2011) An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act and the Meat Inspection Act (slaughter of horses for human consumption)

Votes

May 17, 2017 Failed 2nd reading of Bill C-322, An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act (road crossings)

Rail TransportationOral Questions

May 11th, 2017 / 2:50 p.m.

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NDP

Hélène Laverdière NDP Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC

Mr. Speaker, every day, thousands of cyclists and pedestrians cross railroad tracks at unprotected locations to avoid long detours. They have been asking for years for safe crossings. The act clearly gives the minister the authority to order the closure or modification of a railway crossing, but it is unclear as to whether he has the authority to open a new one. I have heard different interpretations of this legislation from different government members.

Bill C-322 seeks to remedy that situation. Will the minister support my bill and take on the authority needed to keep Canadians safe?

Business of the HouseRoutine Proceedings

February 7th, 2017 / 10:05 a.m.

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The Speaker Geoff Regan

The Chair would like to take a moment to provide some information to the House regarding the management of private members' business.

As members know, after the order of precedence is replenished, the Chair reviews the new items so as to alert the House to bills which at first glance appear to infringe on the financial prerogative of the Crown. This allows members the opportunity to intervene in a timely fashion to present their views about the need for those bills to be accompanied by a royal recommendation.

Accordingly, following the December 6, 2016, replenishment of the order of precedence with 15 new items, I wish to inform the House that there are two bills that give the Chair some concern as to the spending provisions they contemplate.

They are Bill C-322, an act to amend the Railway Safety Act with respect to road crossings, standing in the name of the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie; and Bill C-308, an act to provide for the incorporation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and to make consequential amendments to other acts, standing in the name of the member for Saskatoon—University.

I encourage hon. members who would like to make arguments regarding the need for royal recommendations to accompany these bills, or any of the other bills now on the order of precedence, to do so at an early opportunity.

I thank honourable members for their attention.