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Bill C-269

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SUMMARY
Fisheries Act
Coming into Force

Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,

69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-269
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (prohibition — deposit of raw sewage)

FIRST READING, February 18, 2021

Mr. Scheer

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Fisheries Act in order to exclude raw sewage from the definition of deleterious substance so as to entirely prohibit its deposit in water.

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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament,

69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-269

An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (prohibition — deposit of raw sewage)

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

R.‍S.‍, c. F-14

Fisheries Act

1 (1) Subsection 34(1) of the Fisheries Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

raw sewage means sewage that has not yet been processed or treated to separate and remove contaminants, and includes

(a) used water from sanitary appliances that contains human fecal matter or human urine,
(b) used water, other than the type of water described in paragraph (a), from sanitary appliances or from other appliances in a kitchen or laundry, and
(c) surface runoff and stormwater that is mixed with the type of water described in paragraph (a); (eaux usées non traitées)
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(2) The portion of the definition deleterious substance in subsection 34(1) of the Act after paragraph (b) and before paragraph (c) is replaced by the following:

and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Insertion start does not include raw sewage, but Insertion end includes

2 Section 36 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

Deposit of raw sewage prohibited

(3.‍1) No person shall deposit or permit the deposit of raw sewage in water frequented by fish.

Non-application

(3.‍2) Subsection (3.‍1) does not apply in respect of Canadian fisheries waters located

(a) in the Northwest Territories;
(b) in Nunavut; or
(c) north of the 54th parallel in Quebec or Newfoundland and Labrador.
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3 The portion of subsection 40(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Offence and punishment

(2) Every person who contravenes subsections 36(1), (3) or Insertion start (3.‍1) Insertion end is guilty of an offence and liable

Coming into Force

Five years

4 This Act comes into force five years after the day on which it receives royal assent.

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