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

Bill S-289 in 44-1 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). 44-1 precursor to 45-1 Bill S-229 on the same topic. 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. Companion to multiple previous PMBs since 2008 including the late Senator Mira Spivak's S-227 of the 39th Parliament.