Bill S-220
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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)
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FIRST READING, December 2, 2020
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Griffin |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to require that the Minister may, in developing requirements for public works, allow the use of wood or any other thing that achieves environmental benefits.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en |
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69 Elizabeth II, 2020 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-220 |
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An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1996, c. 16
Department of Public Works and Government Services Act
1 Section 7 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Use of wood
Start of inserted block(1.1) In developing requirements with respect to the construction, maintenance or repair of public works, federal real property or federal immovables, the Minister shall consider any potential reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and any other environmental benefits and may allow the use of wood or any other thing — including a material, product or sustainable resource — that achieves such benefits.
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