An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act

Short title: Qausuittuq National Park of Canada Act Bill C-72 (41-2) Status: Royal assent received Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council (Nunavut) Latest stage: Royal assent Legislative

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summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available. <br/><br/>On 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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Bill C-72 amends the Canada National Parks Act to add Qausuittuq National Park of Canada to

Schedule to that Act.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2015-06-15) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2015-06-19) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2015-06-19) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2015-06-19) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2015-06-19) Senate — First reading: Completed (2015-06-19) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2015-06-22) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2015-06-22) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2015-06-23) LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/41-2/c-72