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Bill C-241, An Act to establish a national strategy respecting flood and drought forecasting
In accordance with its Order of Reference of Wednesday, December 3, 2025, your committee has considered Bill C-241, An Act to establish a national strategy respecting flood and drought forecasting, and agreed on Thursday, June 4, 2026, to report it with the following amendments:

Clause 3

That Bill C-241, in Clause 3, be amended by

“(a) replacing lines 2 and 3 on page 3 with the following:

would support flood and drought forecasting;

(b) replacing lines 12 to 16 on page 3 with the following:

(d) measures that the Government of Canada may take in response to the assessments referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c), including the preparation of a proposal for the establishment of a cooperative, national hydrological and water resources forecasting service and system based on the federal-provincial distributed model of the National Hydrometric Program.”

Clause 4

That Bill C-241, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 24 on page 3 with the following:

“ment of Canada website within 10 business days after the day on”

Clause 5

That Bill C-241, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing line 35 on page 3 with the following:

“ment of Canada website within 10 business days after the day on”

Preamble

That Bill C-241, in the preamble, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 1 with the following:

“sought-after by the United States of America and around the”

Your committee has ordered a reprint of Bill C-241, as amended, as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at the report stage.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 39 and 42) is tabled.