First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022 |
SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)
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AS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
October 6, 2022
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This enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to permit the Minister, in developing requirements for public works, to allow the use of wood or any other thing that achieves environmental benefits.
Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en |
1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022 |
SENATE OF CANADA |
BILL S-222 |
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1996, c. 16
(1.1) In developing requirements with respect to the construction, maintenance and repair of public works, federal real property and 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.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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