Bill C-236

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	2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-236
	An Act to amend the National Parks Act (Stoltmann National Park)
R.S., c. N-14; R.S., c. 31 (1st Supp.), c. 28 (3rd Supp.), c. 39 (4th Supp.); 1988, c. 48; 1991, c. 24; 1992, cc. 1, 23, 47; 1994, c. 34; 1995, c. 11; 1996, c. 10; 1998, cc. 14, 31, 39	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. The National Parks Act* is amended by adding the following after section 3:**
Stoltmann National Park; interpre- tation	3.1. (1) The following definition applies in this section.
``Stolt- mann Wilderness Area'' « réserve intégrale de Stoltmann »	``Stoltmann Wilderness Area'' means all those lands in the province of British Columbia commonly known by that name, comprising all or parts of Soo River, Ryan River, Meager Creek, Upper Lillooet River, Salal Creek, North Creek, Boulder Creek, Upper Bridge River, Upper Toba River, Clendenning Creek, Sims Creek, Princess Louisa Inlet, Upper Elaho River, the Upper Squamish River watersheds, Stanley Smith Glacier, Bridge Glacier and Pemberton Icefield, as more precisely defined in specific terms, in accordance with subsection (2).
Negotiation with British Columbia	(2) The Minister shall enter into negotiation with the Government of British Columbia to agree upon precise legal boundaries of the Stoltmann Wilderness Area and to fulfill the requirements of section 3(2) with respect to the establishment of a park comprising the Stoltmann Wilderness Area.
Statement to House of Commons	(3) No later than the third day upon which the House of Commons sits following June 1, 2000, the Minister shall lay before the House a statement either:
	(a) that the schedule I has been amended by proclamation to establish a park comprising the Stoltmann Wilderness Area;
	(b) that subsection (2) has been complied with and that the Minister will, within ninety days, recommend to the Governor in Council that the Governor in Council, amend the schedule I by proclamation, subject to the other provisions of this Act, or
	(c) that subsection (2) has not been complied with, setting out the reasons for non-compliance and giving an estimate for the date upon which it will be complied with and undertaking to report to the House on progress toward completion no later than the third day upon which the House sits following every April 1 and September 1 thereafter, until it is complied with.
Earlier completion	(4) Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) shall be interpreted so as to prevent the establishment of a park comprising the Stoltmann Wilderness Area pursuant to this Act at a date earlier than the date mentioned in subsection (3)