Bill C-261
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- Canada Shipping Act, 2001 Canada Shipping Act, 2001
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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (thermal coal)
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FIRST READING, December 9, 2020
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Mr. Manly |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to prohibit vessels from loading, at a port or marine installation in Canada, any thermal coal that is to be transported outside Canada.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-261 |
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An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (thermal coal) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
2001, c. 26
Canada Shipping Act, 2001
1 The Canada Shipping Act, 2001 is amended by adding the following after section 189:
Vessels Loading Thermal Coal
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marine installation means an installation that is used or is capable of being used in the loading or unloading of thermal coal to or from vessels and that is on, or is connected to, land. (installation maritime)
thermal coal means coal that is used to generate electricity. (charbon thermique)
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Start of inserted block(2) It is prohibited for a vessel to load into its hold, at a port or marine installation in Canada, any thermal coal that is to be transported outside Canada.
End of inserted block2 Subsection 191(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after that paragraph:
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(c.1) subsection 189.1(2) (loading of thermal coal); and
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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