An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)

Bill S-229 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the National Capital Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. N-4) to formally legislate the protected status of Gatineau Park (the 363-square-kilometre federal park in Quebec's Outaouais region, adjacent to Ottawa). Unlike Canada's National Parks under the National Parks Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. N-14), Gatineau Park has been managed by the National Capital Commission as an administered protected area without statutory protection against future development. The bill would have given Gatineau Park statutory protection equivalent to Canada's National Parks framework, prohibiting commercial or industrial development. Companion to multiple previous PMBs since 2008 including the late Senator Mira Spivak's S-227 of the 39th Parliament. Did not pass third reading.