C-72 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session October 16, 2013, to August 2, 2015

An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act
Short title: Qausuittuq National Park of Canada Act
This bill received royal assent on June 23, 2015

Statutes of Canada 2015, c. 40

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Introduction and first reading, June 15, 2015
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June 22, 2015
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June 22, 2015
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Third reading, June 23, 2015
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June 23, 2015

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June 22, 2015 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 157) Dennis Glen Patterson (Conservative)
June 22, 2015 Response speech(Sitting 157) Joan Fraser (Liberal)

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On 15 June 2015, the Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council introduced Bill C-72, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Qausuittuq National Park of Canada Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.

Qausuittuq (pronounced: Kow-soo-ee-took) means “place where the sun doesn't rise” in Inuktitut, in reference to the fact that the sun stays below the horizon for several months in the winter at this latitude.

The approximately 11,000 square kilometres of Arctic lands and waters protected in Qausuittuq National Park include the northern part of Bathurst Island as well as the Governor General Islands to the west, and smaller islands west and north of Bathurst Island. Seymour Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is to the north, while the southern boundary of Qausuittuq National Park borders on Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area.

Bill C-72 amends the Canada National Parks Act to add Qausuittuq National Park of Canada to Schedule 1 to that Act.

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