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BILL C-354
First Session, Forty-second Parliament,
64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-354
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)
Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Natural Resources as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on April 16,2018
Mr. Cannings
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act to require that the Minister may, in developing requirements for public works, allow the use of wood or any other thing that achieves environmental benefits.
Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
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1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 
64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-354
An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood)
1996, c. 16
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1 Section 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 or repair of public works, federal real property or federal immovables, the Minister shall consider any 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 Speaker of the House of Commons
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