REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |
Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
has the honour to present its
THIRD REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-215, An Act to protect heritage lighthouses, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Thursday, December 6, 2007, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:
1. Preamble, page 1:
Add after line 10 the following:
“AND WHEREAS communities in the areas in which lighthouses are situated have an important role in the conservation and protection of heritage lighthouses and in ensuring a public purpose for them;”.
2. Preamble, page 1:
Replace, in the English version, line 13 with the following:
“taken to conserve and protect our heritage”.
3. Clause 2, page 2:
Replace lines 3 and 4 with the following:
“this Act, and includes any related structure that is included in the designation.”.
4. Clause 2, page 2:
Replace lines 13 to 17 with the following:
““related structure”, in relation to a lighthouse, means
(a) any building on the site on which the lighthouse is situated that contributes to the heritage character of the lighthouse; and
(b) any structure on the site on which the lighthouse is situated, the maintenance of which is necessary in order to provide access to the site.”.
5. Clause 3, page 2:
Replace, in the English version, line 18 with the following:
“3. The purpose of this Act is to conserve”.
6. Clause 3, page 2:
(a) Replace, in the English version, line 23 with the following:
“or disposition of heritage lighthouses;”
(b) Replace line 25 with the following:
“reasonably maintained; and
(d) facilitating sales or transfers of heritage lighthouses in order to ensure the lighthouses’ public purpose.”.
7. Clause 6, page 2:
(a) Replace lines 35 and 36 with the following:
“(2) The designation of a lighthouse may include any related structure that the”;
(b) Replace, in the French version, line 41 with the following:
“critères établis, devrait y être inclus.”.
8. Clause 7, page 3:
Replace line 20 with the following:
“whether any related structures”.
9. New clause 7.1, page 3:
Add after line 22 the following:
“7.1 (1) For two years beginning with the coming into force of this Act, every Minister of the Crown in right of Canada who has the administration of lighthouses must maintain and make available to the public a list of those lighthouses that he or she considers to be surplus to the operational requirements of the portion of the federal public administration for which he or she is responsible.
(2) A surplus lighthouse may only be designated as a heritage lighthouse if a person or body submits a written commitment to buy or otherwise acquire the lighthouse and to protect its heritage character in the event that it is designated as a heritage lighthouse.”.
10. Clause 10, page 3:
Replace line 44 with the following:
“lated structure should be included in the”.
11. Clause 12, page 4:
Replace line 19 with the following:
“nicipality or to a person or body that is acquiring the heritage lighthouse for a public purpose.”.
12. Clause 12, page 4:
Replace, in the English version, line 22 with the following:
“must provide for the protection of the heri-”.
13. Clause 13, page 4:
Replace line 32 with the following:
“(2) A heritage lighthouse, or any part of it, may only be demolished if a public meeting is held on the matter in the area in which the lighthouse is situated.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in re-”.
14. Clause 13, page 4:
Replace, in the English version, line 34 with the following:
“house in response to an emergency situ-”.
15. Clause 14, page 4:
Replace, in the English version, line 36 with the following:
“14. The owner of a heritage lighthouse must”.
16. Clause 15, page 4:
Replace lines 43 and 44 with the following:
“house and whether any related structure should be included in the designation;”.
17. Clause 15, page 5:
(a) Replace, in the English version, line 5 with the following:
“of heritage properties; and”
(b) Replace lines 9 to 17 with the following:
“the conservation of heritage properties.”.
18. New clauses 15.1 and 15.2, page 5:
Add after line 17 the following:
“RELATED AMENDMENTS TO THE PARKS CANADA AGENCY ACT
15.1 Paragraph (a) of the definition “heritage protection programs” in subsection 2(1) of the Parks Canada Agency Act is replaced by the following:
(a) heritage railway stations, heritage lighthouses and federal heritage buildings;
15.2 Paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) heritage railway stations, heritage lighthouses, federal heritage buildings, historic places in Canada, federal archaeology and Canadian heritage rivers; and”.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH A. DAY
Chair