Bill C-291 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violent crimes)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2002.

Sponsor

Art Hanger  Canadian Alliance

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

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), as of March 2, 2001
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-378 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violent crimes)
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Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-291s:

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C-291 (2011) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period and maximum special benefits)
C-291 (2009) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171)
C-291 (2006) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a child before or during its birth while committing an offence)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

March 2nd, 2001 / noon


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Canadian Alliance

Art Hanger Canadian Alliance Calgary Northeast, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-291, an act to amend the Criminal Code (violent crimes).

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to be able to reintroduce this private member's bill. It amends certain provisions of the criminal code relating to life imprisonment.

The bill can be properly characterized as two violent strikes legislation. Anyone who is convicted for the second time of a violent offence shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.

For those who wish to rape, maim, conspire, corrupt and commit all manner of violent acts, this private member's initiative is bad news. For victims and their families, the bill represents a return to the principles of fundamental justice. It means those who repeatedly hurt and prey on the young, the innocent and the law-abiding will spend the rest of their lives in prison.

Let there be no mistake about the intent of the bill: Two violent strikes and the criminal is out for life.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)