C-380An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (plastic manufactured items)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on February 12, 2024
- Status
- Defeated at second reading in the House of Commons
What it does
Removes plastic manufactured items from the toxic substances list under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
What it does
- Repeals item 132 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, which removes plastic manufactured items from the act's list of toxic substances.
Who it affects
- Plastic manufacturers
- Businesses that make plastic items
- Federal environmental regulators
Topics
Background
Item 132 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 lists plastic manufactured items as a toxic substance. The bill would delete that item from the schedule.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Defeated here. Defeated
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Senate
First reading
Not reached.
Second reading
Not reached.
Committee
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Royal assent
Royal assent
Not reached.
Introduced by an MP who is not a minister. These bills compete in a lottery for debate time, and most do not become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
2nd reading of Bill C-380, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Plastic manufactured items)
Vote 909,
Failed
118 yeato210 nay
Party breakdown for vote 909 Party Position Yea Nay Did not vote Liberal Nay 0 148 5 Conservative Yea 117 0 2 Bloc Nay 0 33 0 NDP Nay 0 24 1 Green Nay 0 2 0 Independent Nay1 broke ranks 1 3 0 Total 118 210
What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
LiberalMajid Jowhari· April 18, 2024
“I rise today to speak to Bill C-380, an act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, regarding plastic manufactured items, introduced by the member for Saskatoon—University, whom we just heard from.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caConservativeCorey Tochor· April 18, 2024
“Soggy, limp, wet and utterly useless: we are not talking about the Liberals.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caBlocMonique Pauzé· April 18, 2024
“This bill once again embodies the official opposition's denial of environmental issues, but especially its denial of everything that years of scientific work and research have analyzed and confirmed, namely four things. First, plastic pollution is a major environmental and health problem.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caNDPLisa Marie Barron· April 18, 2024
“Instead of what was shared in the prior member's speech, we know that regulating plastics is essential to addressing the harms of plastic, especially of single-use plastics, that are caused to our ecosystem, human health, the environment and even our climate. This is what we should be talking about.”
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Read the source
LEGISinfo status: Bill defeated. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.