Bill C-238

Second reading (House)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (restitution orders)

Bill C-238 is at second reading in the House.

Sponsor:Viviane Lapointe
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-22

Other Bills Numbered C-238

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 16 sessions:

45-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (restitution orders)

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44-1

An Act respecting the French language

Defeated
43-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (possession of unlawfully imported firearms)

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43-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (possession of unlawfully imported firearms)

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42-1

National Strategy for Safe and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Lamps Containing Mercury Act

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41-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (in-home care of relatives)

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41-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (in-home care of relatives)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-3

Holocaust Monument Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

Holocaust Monument Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-1

Holocaust Monument Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act (marriage after the age of sixty years)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act (marriage after the age of sixty years)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

Patients' Bill of Rights

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-2

Patients' Bill of Rights

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentencing)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)

Division Votes (3)

Division #101
Agreed To
2026-04-22T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill C-238, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (restitution orders)

168Yea
153Nay
18Paired
Division #180
Negatived
2022-09-28T15:35:00

2nd reading of Bill C-238, An Act respecting the French language

56Yea
268Nay
6Paired
Division #41
Negatived
2021-01-27T15:00:00

2nd reading of Bill C-238, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (possession of unlawfully imported firearms)

150Yea
171Nay

Parliamentary Debates (48)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-238.

Martin Champoux2025-11-03
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-238. First of all, I want to acknowledge and congratulate the new mayors and municipal councillors who were just elected in my magnificent riding of Drummond. I also want to give a special shout-out to D…

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2025-11-03
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

…hat, we do not necessarily see them being acted on for a number of different reasons. That is where Bill C-238 would come into play. It would not only recognize the victim; it would go beyond the immediate victim to ask, “What about the community? Should a judge not give it consideration in certain situations…

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Viviane Lapointe2025-11-03
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

…build, yet the very people who absorb the cost of those crimes have no formal place in restitution. Bill C-238 would change that. It would ensure that when an offender is held accountable, communities that bear the harm can share in the repair, and it recognizes community harm as part of justice itself. This …

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Viviane Lapointe2025-09-22
Criminal Code
0

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-238, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (restitution orders). Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand in the House today to present my private member's bill, which is calling for amendments to the Criminal Cod…

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2022-09-28
An Act respecting the French language
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from September 26 consideration of the motion that Bill C-238, An Act respecting the French language, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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The Speaker2022-09-28
An Act respecting the French language
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-238 under Private Members' Business.

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Mr. Bernard Généreux2022-09-26
An Act respecting the French language
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to take part in the second reading debate on Bill C-238, An Act respecting the French language. This bill was introduced by the member for Salaberry—Suroît, and I thank her for her work on it. The member has concerns about the future of the French languag…

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Mr. René Villemure2022-09-26
An Act respecting the French language
0

Private Members' Business

…Speaker, it would be a mistake to oppose Bills C-13 and C-238, so I cannot agree with my colleague. Bill C-238 aims to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Official Languages Act, the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Citizenship Act. I would like to start by telling my colleagues that, when they vote on …

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Mr. Jean-Denis Garon2022-09-26
An Act respecting the French language
0

Private Members' Business

… this morning's debate and, in my view, there seems to be a bit of a cat fight in the House between Bill C-238, which seeks to comply with the will of the Quebec National Assembly on matters relating to Quebec's only official language, and Bill C-13. I was surprised to hear the parliamentary secretary say ear…

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Mr. Maxime Blanchette-Joncas2022-05-20
Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Offic…
0

Government Orders

…ow stands alone in its stubbornness. We saw that when my colleague from Salaberry—Suroît introduced Bill C-238, which seeks to subject all federally regulated businesses to the Charter of the French Language. The Bloc, the Conservative Party and the NDP supported it, but the Liberal Party did not. Let me make…

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