C-539 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act to promote local foods
Short title:
Promotion of Local Foods Act
Bill type
Private Member’s Bill
This bill was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Reinstated from previous session, Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Placed on the order of precedence on Thursday, January 30, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
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Monday, May 12, 2014 |
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
Sitting 86
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Consideration in committee
Not reached
Report stage
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
First reading
Not reached
Second reading
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
Vote 141 — Wednesday, May 14, 2014
- Result:
- Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-539, An Act to promote local foods
- Yeas:
- 123
- Nays:
- 146
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 269
Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 63) | Anne Minh-Thu Quach (NDP) |
Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 63) | Pierre Lemieux (Conservative) |
Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 63) | Mark Eyking (Liberal) |
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Further reading
All (food) politics is local : increasing food access through local government action.
Broad Leib, Emily M..
Contained in (manifestation): Harvard law & policy review, Volume 7, issue 2:321-341 (1 online resource)
Consommer des produits alimentaires locaux : comment et pourquoi?.
Merle, Aurélie et Mathilde Piotrowski.
Contained in (manifestation): Décisions marketing Fascicule, 67:37-48 (1 ressource en ligne)
Labels of origin for food: local development, global recognition.
Barham, Elizabeth.
Cambridge, Mass. : CABI, 218 p.
Linking local food systems and the social economy? : future roles for farmers' markets in Alberta and British Columbia.
Wittman, Hannah.
Contained in (manifestation): Rural sociology, Volume 77, number 1:36-61 (1 online resource)
Naming food after places: food relocalization and knowledge dynamics in rural development.
Fonte, Maria.
Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 285 p.
Of backyard chickens and front yard gardens : the conflict between local governments and locavores.
Schindler, Sarah B..
Contained in (manifestation): Tulane law review, Volume 87, issue 2:231-296 (1 online resource)