Bill C-377: Climate Change Accountability Act

Bill C-377: Climate Change Accountability Act
Parliament of Canada
  • Bill C-377: An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change
Considered byHouse of Commons
Considered bySenate
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons
Bill titleBill C-377: Climate Change Accountability Act
Introduced byJack Layton
First readingOctober 2006
Second readingApril 25, 2007
Voting summary
  • 152 voted for
  • 115 voted against
Considered in committeeDecember 11, 2007 to April 20, 2008
Third readingJune 4, 2008
Voting summary
  • 148 voted for
  • 116 voted against
Second chamber: Senate
First readingJune 10, 2008
Second readingNot reached
Status: Not passed
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Bill C-377: Climate Change Accountability Act
Parliament of Canada
  • Bill C-311: An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change
Considered byHouse of Commons of Canada
Considered bySenate
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons of Canada
Bill titleC-311: Climate Change Accountability Act
Introduced byBruce Hyer
First readingFebruary 10, 2009
Second readingApril 1, 2009
Voting summary
  • 141 voted for
  • 128 voted against
Considered in committeeJune 18, 2009 to December 8, 2009
Third readingMay 5, 2010
Voting summary
  • 149 voted for
  • 136 voted against
Second chamber: Senate
First readingMay 6, 2010
Second readingNovember 16, 2010
Voting summary
  • 32 voted for
  • 43 voted against
Third readingNot reached
Status: Not passed
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Bill C-377: Climate Change Accountability Act
Parliament of Canada
  • Bill C-224: An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change
Considered byHouse of Commons of Canada
Legislative history
Bill titleC-224: Climate Change Accountability Act
Introduced byMegan Leslie
First readingJune 15, 2011
Second readingNot reached
Status: Not passed
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Bill C-377: Climate Change Accountability Act was a Private Member's bill that was introduced three times in the Canadian Parliament, in the 39th, 40th and 41st Canadian Parliaments.

The first version of the bill, Bill C-377, was introduced in 2006 by Jack Layton, the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). It was introduced again in 2009 as Bill C-311 by another NDP member of Parliament, Bruce Hyer, and finally in 2011 as Bill C-224 by Megan Leslie in 2011. The different versions of the bill had varying success in the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada, but none were passed by Parliament.

The purpose of the bill was to require the federal government government to set medium and long term emissions levels of climate change gases.