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)

Railway Safety ActRoutine Proceedings

November 24th, 2016 / 10:05 a.m.

NDP

Hélène Laverdière NDP Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-322, An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act (road crossings).

Mr. Speaker, I am very happy and very proud to introduce this bill this morning. It will give the Minister of Transport the power to save lives.

In cities like Montreal, railways go right through densely populated neighbourhoods. They impede pedestrians and cyclists, among others. When people do not really have a safe way to cross the tracks, they do so unsafely. Let us not wait for an accident to happen. There are places where, some mornings, up to 500 people cross railroad tracks unsafely.

When we asked the Minister of Transport about this, he told us that, unfortunately, he could not do anything because the law does not authorize him to require the construction of road crossings. It only allows him to have them removed. I am very pleased to help the Minister of Transport by introducing this bill, which will enable him to order the construction of road crossings that will keep people safe and alive.

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