Bill C-371

Rail Passenger Priority Act

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (passenger rail service)

Sponsor

Taylor Bachrach  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 Dec. 13, 2023

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Transportation Act to require that railway companies give priority to passenger rail service over the movement of freight and to provide for administrative monetary penalties for contraventions of this requirement.

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-371s:

C-371 (2017) Prevention of Radicalization through Foreign Funding Act
C-371 (2013) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness of child) and another Act in consequence
C-371 (2011) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness of child) and another Act in consequence
C-371 (2010) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (low-cost residential rental property)