Bill C-366 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Abitibi and Témiscamingue regions)

This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Christine Moore  NDP

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 Oct. 6, 2017
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Navigation Protection Act in order to add lakes and rivers in the Abitibi and Témiscamingue regions to the navigable waters listed in the schedule to that 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.

Navigation Protection ActRoutine Proceedings

October 6th, 2017 / 12:15 p.m.
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NDP

Christine Moore NDP Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-366, An Act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Abitibi and Témiscamingue regions).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to reintroduce this bill, which would address the cuts that the Conservatives made to the Navigable Waters Protection Act. These cuts left the majority of our waterways unprotected, even though they had been protected for years by one of this country's oldest acts.

Today, I am introducing a bill to protect the most important waterways in my region. There are around 50 of them. Some are watersheds, and others are part of the Algonquins' traditional canoe routes. Thousands of people used these waterways to reach previously unexplored lands. There is no doubt that these waterways are in need of protection.

I sincerely hope that these waterways will be protected again one day; they are so important to my region.

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