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First Session, Forty-fourth 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)

AS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
October 6, 2022
4411920


SUMMARY

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.

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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

Department of Public Works and Government Services Act

1Section 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 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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