Bill C-291
An Act to amend the Department of Industry Act (small businesses)
Bill C-291 is outside the Order of Precedence.
Other Bills Numbered C-291
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:
An Act to amend the Department of Industry Act (small businesses)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (genetically modified food)
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period and maximum special benefits)
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a child before or during its birth while committing an offence)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (weapons trafficking)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (keeping child pornography in a manner that is not reasonably secure from access by others)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (keeping child pornography in a manner that is not reasonably secure from access by others)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violent crimes)
Division Votes (2)
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)
Vote by party
2nd reading of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse material)
Vote by party
Parliamentary Debates (35)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-291.
Private Members' Business
The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material), as reported from the committee.
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…of the Criminal Code, impose harsher sentences or find other approaches. One thing is certain, what Bill C-291 is proposing is no minor matter, unlike some bills that simply seek to change the terms that are used without doing anything that has a real impact. At the same time, I think we have to keep the issu…
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Madam Speaker, I was saying that in the case of Bill C-291, words carry weight. We are debating replacing the term “child pornography”, which is currently used in the Criminal Code, with “child sexual abuse material”. The RCMP proposed the use of the term “c…
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…my, Bill C-235, which received unanimous support. Today, we are in a very similar moment here, with Bill C-291, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts in respect of child sexual abuse material, brought forward by the member for North Okanagan—Shuswap, providing th…
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…t. I also have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report, in relation to Bill C-291, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts (child sexual abuse material). The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the …
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…omewhat related to what we discussed, I want to note the pleasure I have here that I just voted for Bill C-291, and the House unanimously, as I understand it, voted to bring Bill C-291 to committee. That bill will hopefully change the name of child pornography to “child sexual abuse material” to reflect the f…
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…ing hypothetical here. A person has child sexual abuse material, which is what we voted on today in Bill C-291, and has that material found on their computer. In order to prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt, a prosecutor needs to prove who owns that computer, who possessed that computer and who accessed…
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…ever they are in that area. These members see terrible things. I was speaking to a bill I authored, Bill C-291, last week. I authored the bill and it was sponsored by the member for North Okanagan—Shuswap, and I thank him again for doing so. The bill proposes to change the definition of “child pornography” to…
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moved that Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse material), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, it is an honou…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my friend from North Okanagan—Shuswap for introducing Bill C-291. I want to ask him about what kinds of consultations he has had with victims and survivors, as well as those in the policing and justice communities. Could he maybe comment on who he has consulted an…
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