Bill C-227: An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit)

Cover Summary BILL C-227 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-227 An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit) Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on December 5, 2016 Mr. Hussen 421153 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to provide the Minister with the authority to require an assessment of the benefits that a community derives from a construction, maintenance or repair project. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-227 An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit) 1996, c. 16 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1 The Department of Public Works and Government Services Act is amended by adding the following after section 20: Definition of community benefit 20.‍1 (1) For the purpose of this section, community benefit means a social, economic or environmental benefit that a community derives from a construction, maintenance or repair project, and includes local job creation and training opportunities, improvement of public space within the community and any other specific benefit identified by the community. Community benefit — requirement (2) The Minister may, before awarding a contract for the construction, maintenance or repair of public works, federal real property or federal immovables, require bidders on the proposal to provide information on the community benefits that the project will provide. Report to Minister (3) A contracting party shall, upon request by the Minister, provide the Minister with an assessment as to whether the project has provided community benefits. Report to Parliament (4) The Minister shall cause to be tabled before each House of Parliament, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal  year  or,  if  Parliament  is not then sitting, on any ofthe first 90 days next thereafter that Parliament is sitting, a report on community benefits provided by construction, maintenance or repair projects.  Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons