Parliament of Canada

C-305 , 41st Parliament, 1st session Thursday, June 2, 2011, to Friday, September 13, 2013

An Act to establish a National Public Transit Strategy
Short title: National Public Transit Strategy Act
Bill type
Private Member’s Bill
Sponsor
This bill was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Friday, September 30, 2011
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, September 30, 2011
Placed on the order of precedence on Monday, October 3, 2011
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sitting 37
Major speeches
Show major speeches at second reading
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sitting 148
Negatived (Vote 458)
2nd reading and referral to committee - TRAN
Consideration in committee
Not reached
Report stage
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached

Senate

First reading
Not reached
Second reading
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 458 — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Result:
Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-305, An Act to establish a National Public Transit Strategy
Yeas:
131
Nays:
151
Paired:
0
Total:
282

Senate

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Major speeches at second reading

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 37) Olivia Chow (NDP)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Response speech(Sitting 37) Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Response speech(Sitting 37) Denis Coderre (Liberal)

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Further reading

A National Transit Strategy for Canada (Canadian Urban Transit Association. Issue Paper 22, 2007)
National strategies on public transit policy framework : final report (Canadian Urban Transit Association, May 2011)
National transit policy frameworks : what will Canada learn from other countries? (Canadian Urban Transit Association. Issue Paper 40, May 2011)
National Transit Strategy (Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Big City Mayors’ Caucus, March 2007)
National transit strategy & policy (Matthew Mendelsohn, Joshua Hjartarson and Kelly Hinton. School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto)
One year into majority government - Public transit gains profile (Canadian Urban Transit Association, 2012)
Study on transit in Canada (House of Commons. Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, February 2012)
Vers un cadre national de politiques du transport en commun (Association canadienne du transport urbain, Exposé analytique 41, décembre 2011)
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