Bill C-328

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SUMMARY
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Canada Shipping Act, 2001
Oil Transportation
SCHEDULE

First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-328
An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (oil transportation)

FIRST READING, December 7, 2016

Mr. Cullen

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends Part 9 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to prohibit the transportation of oil in oil tankers in the Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-328

An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (oil transportation)

Preamble

Whereas British Columbia’s North Coast comprises a unique and diverse ocean ecosystem whose marine resources sustain regional economies in British Columbia;

Whereas the lands and waters on the North Coast hold crucial cultural and historic importance for the communities and First Nations who call the North Coast home;

Whereas governments and industry have ignored the moratorium on oil tanker traffic on British Columbia’s North Coast with impunity;

And whereas it is long past time that Canada’s laws governing British Columbia’s North Coast be brought into line with the laws of coastal First Nations;

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

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1 This Act may be cited as the Protection of the North Coast of British Columbia Act.

2001, c. 26

Canada Shipping Act, 2001

2 The Canada Shipping Act, 2001 is amended by adding the following after section 189:

Oil Transportation

Definitions

189.‍1 The following definitions apply in this section and in section 189.‍2.

oil has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act. (pétrole)

oil tanker means a vessel that is constructed or adapted primarily to transport oil in bulk in a hold or tank that is part of its structure, without any intermediate form of containment. (pétrolier)

Prohibition

189.‍2 (1) It is prohibited to transport oil in an oil tanker in the areas of the sea that are adjacent to the coast of Canada known as the North Coast of British Columbia and that include Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance, as described in Schedule 4.

Exception

(2) The prohibition in subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the transportation of gasoline, aviation fuel, diesel oil or fuel oil that is intended for use in coastal and island communities in Canada.

3 Subsection 191(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

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(c.‍1) section 189.‍2 (operation of oil tanker in prohibited areas); and
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4 The Act is amended by adding, after Schedule 3, the Schedule 4 set out in the schedule to this Act.

SCHEDULE

(Section 4)

SCHEDULE 4

(Subsection 189.‍2(1))

Description of areas of the sea that are adjacent to the coast of Canada and that include the Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance

Being those areas of the sea adjacent to the coast of Canada bounded by straight lines joining the geographical coordinates of points set out below:

Column I Area	Column II Locality	Column III Latitude	Column IV Longitude	Column V C.‍H.‍S. Chart
Queen Charlotte Sound	1. Winifred Island 2. Beresford Islands 3. Sartine Islands 4. Triangle Island 5. Kerouard Islands 6. Kerouard Islands 7. Kerouard Islands 8. Kunglit Island	50°39′40″ N 50°47′03″ N 50°49′02″ N 50°51′09″ N 51°54′20″ N 51°54′38″ N 51°55′20″ N 51°56′37″ N	128°22′00″ W 128°46′04″ W 128°56′24″ W 129°05′24″ W 130°58′12″ W 130°59′04″ W 131°00′17″ W 131°01′52″ W	3625 3625 3625 3625 3825 3825 3825 3825
Dixon Entrance	1. Langara Island 2. Point A of Line A-B	54°14′58″ N 54°39′45.‍16″ N	133°04′48″ W 132°40′57.‍18″ W	3868 3002