C-579 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session October 16, 2013, to August 2, 2015
An Act to reduce the effects of urban heat islands on the health of Canadians
Short title:
Reducing the effects of urban heat islands Act
This bill was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on January 28, 2015
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, March 24, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
March 24, 2014 |
Placed on the order of precedence on April 9, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
September 26, 2014 |
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December 11, 2014 |
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January 28, 2015 |
Sitting 164
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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 317 — January 28, 2015
- Result:
- Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-579, An Act to reduce the effects of urban heat islands on the health of Canadians
- Yeas:
- 122
- Nays:
- 148
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 270
Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| September 26, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 117) | Paulina Ayala (NDP) |
| September 26, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 117) | Eve Adams (Conservative) |
| September 26, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 117) | Marc Garneau (Liberal) |
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Further reading
Cities and climate change : responding to an urgent agenda.
Hoornweg, Daniel Arthur.
World Bank, 306 p.
Environnements physiques en milieu urbain et inégalités en santé.
Ottawa : Institut canadien d'information sur la santé, 74 p.
Guide sur le verdissement : pour les propriétaires institutionnels, commerciaux et industriels.
Montréal : Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal, 1 ressource en ligne
Improving open space design to cope better with urban heat island effects.
Loibl, Wolfgang [and eight others].
Contained in (manifestation): GAIA, Vol. 23 (1):64-66 (1 online resource)
Literature review of urban heat island mitigation strategies.
Giguère, Mélissa.
Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicology, QC: Institut National de Santé Publique, 75 p. (1 online resource)
Mesures de lutte aux îlots de chaleur urbains : revue de littérature.
Anquez, Philippe et Alicia Herlem.
Montréal : Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable, UQAM, 19 p. (1 ressource en ligne)
Mesures de lutte aux îlots de chaleur urbains : revue de littérature.
Giguère, Mélissa.
Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicology, QC : Institut National de Santé Publique, 77 p. (1 ressource en ligne)
Mitigating urban heat in Canada : Urban Heat Island Summit 2010, May 3rd, 2010, St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto.
Forkes, Jennifer.
Toronto, Ont. : Clean Air Partnership, 39 p. (1 online resource )
Reducing urban heat islands : compendium of strategies. Green roofs.
Washington, DC : Climate Protection Partnership Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 p. (1 online resource)
Reducing urban heat islands : compendium of strategies. Urban heat island basics.
Washington, DC : Climate Protection Partnership Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 19 p. (1 online resource)
The urban heat island effect and concrete's role in mitigation.
Killingsworth, Brian, Lionel Lemay and Tien Peng.
Contained in (manifestation): Concrete InFocus, Vol. 10, no. 6 (6-9, 21-24) (1 online resource)
The urban heat island effect in Windsor, ON : an assessment of vulnerability and mitigation strategies.
De Carolis, Laura.
Report prepared for the City of Windsor, 52 p. (1 online resource)
Urban physical environments and health inequalities.
Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Health Information, 67 p.