Bill C-222
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- Expropriation Act Expropriation Act
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First Session, Forty-third Parliament, 68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Expropriation Act (protection of private property)
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FIRST READING, February 25, 2020
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NOTE 2nd Session, 43rd Parliament This bill was introduced during the first session of the 43rd Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the first session. The number of the bill remains unchanged. |
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Mrs. Gallant |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Expropriation Act to provide that the power of the Governor in Council to waive the requirement for a public hearing in respect of an objection to the intended expropriation of an interest in land or immovable real right may not be exercised in certain circumstances.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 43rd Parliament, 68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-222 |
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An Act to amend the Expropriation Act (protection of private property) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. E-21
Expropriation Act
1 Section 10 of the Expropriation Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (11):
Exception
Start of inserted block(11.1) Subsection (11) does not apply if the interest or right to which the notice of intention relates is intended to be expropriated by the Crown for the purpose of restoring historical natural habitats or addressing, directly or indirectly, climate variability, regardless of whether or not that purpose is referred to in the notice or described in the notice as the primary purpose of the intended expropriation.
End of inserted block2 Section 19 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Exception
Start of inserted block(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the interest or right to which the notice of confirmation relates is intended to be expropriated by the Crown for the purpose of restoring historical natural habitats or addressing, directly or indirectly, climate variability, regardless of whether or not that purpose is referred to in the notice of intention or described in the notice of intention as the primary purpose of the intended expropriation.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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