Government  Legislation

• Transport Act - Historic Canals Regulations: address the management, maintenance, proper use and protection of historic canals administered by Parks Canada. They empower the Superintendent to operate and manage the Canal and regulate Canal activities.
  
  
• Historic Sites and Monuments Act: establishes the Historic Sites and Monument Board (HSMB). The act provides for the administration, preservation and maintenance of national historic sites acquired by the Minister.
  
  
• Canada Shipping Act - Small Vessel Regulations: regulates boating activities on the Canal.
  
  
• Fisheries Act - Regulations Respecting Fishing in the Province of Ontario: protects fish, fish habitats and regulates harvests. In Ontario, the act is administered by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
  
  
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act: establishes a framework for the environmental assessment process for projects requiring federal decisions or approval.
  
  
• Canada Wildlife Act: promotes and recommends measures for the encouragement of public co-operation in wildlife conservation and interpretation.
  
  
• Navigable Waters Protection Act: provides for the protection of navigable waterways with respect to work built in, on, over, under, through, or across any navigable waterway.
  
  

• Planning Act: empowers municipalities to control land use through Official Plans, Zoning Bylaws, etc., provides a mechanism for agency and private sector involvement in the planning and development review process, and a way for the Province to issue policy statements on matters of provincial interest, e.g. the wetlands policy statement.
  
  
• Heritage Act: enables municipalities to protect heritage resources through designation and to establish heritage advisory groups.
  
  
• Game and Fish Act: provides for the management, perpetuation and rehabilitation of the wildlife resources in Ontario, and establishes and maintains a maximum wildlife population consistent with all other proper uses of lands and waters. The act is administered by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
  
  
• Conservation Authorities Act and the Fill, Construction and Alteration to Waterways Regulations: allows for establishment of and operation of conservation authorities and the undertaking of programs to further the conservation, restoration and development of natural resources.
  
  
• Environmental Protection Act and the Regulations: regulate the physical, chemical and bacteriological quality of the surface waters of Ontario.
  
  
• Endangered Species Act: provides for the conservation, protection, restoration and propagation of species of fauna and flora of the Province of Ontario that are threatened with extinction.

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