Bill C-61

RECOMMENDATION

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Marine Act and other Acts”.

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Canada Marine Act to clarify and make technical changes to certain provisions. As well, the amendments

(a) modify the Act’s objective;

(b) modify a port authority’s access to federal funding;

(c) allow the Minister of Transport, in certain cases, to increase a port authority’s borrowing limits;

(d) reduce the minimum number of directors on the board of most Canadian port authorities; and

(e) streamline certain enforcement provisions.

The amendments also include transitional provisions, a correction to an Act, and a consequential amendment to another Act.