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First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-354
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)

FIRST READING, April 13, 2017

Mr. Cannings

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to require that, in the awarding of certain contracts, preference be given to projects that promote the use of wood.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-354

An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)

1996, c. 16

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1Section 7 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Use of wood

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(1.‍1)In awarding contracts for the construction, maintenance or repair of public works, federal real property or federal immovables, the Minister shall give preference to projects that promote the use of wood, taking into account the associated costs and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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