Bill C-257 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

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 Nov. 27, 2020
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Fisheries Act to prohibit finfish aquaculture for commercial purposes in Canadian fisheries waters off the Pacific Coast except when it is carried out in closed containment facilities. It also requires the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to prepare, table in Parliament and implement a plan to support the transition to the use of closed containment facilities and to protect the jobs and financial security of workers in that sector.

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C-225 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)

C-518 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture)

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-257s:

C-257 (2022) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting against discrimination based on political belief)

C-257 (2016) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (sugar content labelling)

C-257 (2013) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)

C-257 (2011) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)

C-257 (2010) Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act

C-257 (2009) Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act

Fisheries ActRoutine Proceedings

November 27th, 2020 / 12:15 p.m.

NDP

Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-257, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture).

Mr. Speaker, as you are well aware, there is a wild salmon emergency in B.C. Therefore, today it is my honour to rise and introduce a bill, seconded by the member for Victoria, that would strengthen the Fisheries Act by requiring British Columbia fish farms to move from harmful open-net pens to safe closed containment systems.

The bill has been introduced three times by my friend, former colleague and B.C. MLA Fin Donnelly, who was just named the parliamentary secretary for fisheries and aquaculture. It is beyond time for the government to act. Three successive governments have failed to get the job done. My bill sets out a timeline and directs the minister to deliver a plan within one year of receiving royal assent, not at some unknown date in the future.

We have the potential to be leaders in closed containment. It is imperative that the government act now to save wild Pacific salmon while protecting the sensitive ecosystems where we work and live, and protecting the important jobs and workers in this industry.

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