Bill C-311
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
Bill C-311 was defeated and did not become law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-311
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 12 sessions:
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
Early Learning and Child Care Act
An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)
An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use)
Climate Change Accountability Act
Climate Change Accountability Act
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)
Canada Seat Belt Act
Health Information Privacy Act
Health Information Privacy Act
National Horse of Canada Act
Division Votes (1)
2nd reading of Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)
Vote by party
Parliamentary Debates (39)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-311.
Private Members' Business
Madam Speaker, I am honoured to stand today in support of Bill C-311, the violence against pregnant women act, because I thought that is what we would be debating tonight. However, what I have been listening to is far from that. The speakers have gone far afield in th…
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…sed to stand today to bring a number of petitions forward all on the same topic, again in regard to Bill C-311. It is well established that the risk of violence against women increases when they are pregnant. We all agree on that in this House and we know that to be the case. Currently, in the injury or death…
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…tition on the matters that are so important to Canadians and specifically one today that references Bill C-311, an important bill that protects pregnant women and the unborn. These petitioners establish that there is an increased risk of violence against women who are pregnant and that there needs to be actio…
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Mr. Speaker, regarding Bill C-311, Canadians are very concerned that there is no law protecting the unborn from injury or death, and that it is not considered an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of the Criminal Code of Canad…
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women). Mr. Speaker, I first want to thank the member for South Surrey—White Rock for seconding my bill. It means a great deal to me. It …
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Madam Speaker, I am very excited today to rise in the House to discuss the bill. I had put forward Bill C-311, which is a lot of the base, I would like to think, of the present bill. I worked off of the work of many other members of Parliament, such as New Democrat women like Denise Savoie and Olivia Chow, t…
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…cently, my colleague, the member of Parliament for London—Fanshawe, built on these efforts with her Bill C-311. I am grateful to them both for their work in moving this issue forward and demonstrating what a positive role for the federal government in ensuring that families can have access to child care they …
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-311, An Act respecting early learning and child care. Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Winnipeg Centre for seconding this bill and for her work on this file. There is an affordability …
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…ividly, the Senate killed a climate accountability act that had been brought forward by Bruce Hyer, Bill C-311. Bruce went on to become a Green Party colleague of mine in the House, but what the Senate did was even worse than anything we can imagine, in that it killed the climate legislation without first ref…
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