Bill C-354: An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)

Bill C-354 LEGISinfo First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Bilingual view XML PDF Cover Summary BILL C-354 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-354 An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood) AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS May 23, 2018 421314 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. Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-354 An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood) 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 Section 7 of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1): Use of wood (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 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. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons Publication Explorer Publication Explorer ParlVU