Bill C-462

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	1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-462
	An Act to amend the Farm Income Protection Act (crop damage by gophers)
1991, c. 22; 1994, c. 38	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. Subsection 4(2) of the Farm Income Protection Act* is amended by adding the following after paragraph (b):**
	(b.1) where a farmer's ability to use a product that has previously been commonly used to protect a crop from damage by pests is limited by law on environmental, wildlife protection, safety or other grounds, the loss that results should be compensated;
	2. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 8 of the Act:
Gopher damage	8.1 An agreement that provides for a crop insurance program shall include provision for insurance for damage caused by gophers in areas where the control of gophers has been limited as a result of restrictions on the use of products that have previously been commonly used to control gophers on the grounds of environmental or wildlife protection;

BILL C-462