Bill C-302 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

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

Sponsor

Myron Thompson  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 19, 2001
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-259 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code
C-259 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code

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-302s:

C-302 (2022) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers)
C-302 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (pornographic material)
C-302 (2016) Protecting Burnaby Lakes and Rivers Act
C-302 (2013) Louis Riel Act
C-302 (2011) Louis Riel Act
C-302 (2010) Italian-Canadian Recognition and Restitution Act

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

March 19th, 2001 / 3:15 p.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Myron Thompson Canadian Alliance Wild Rose, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-302, an act to amend the Criminal Code.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to introduce this private member's bill. The concept for it began when Craig Powell, Amber Keuben, Brandy Keuben and Stephanie Smith were all instantly killed by a drunk driver on June 23, 1996, near Morley, Alberta as they returned from a camping trip.

The drunk driver in this case was Christopher Goodstoney who was charged with four counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing injury.

At his sentencing hearing the judge referred to section 718.2(e) of the criminal code which stated that they must take into consideration for sentencing the fact that the offender was aboriginal.

Based on information we have heard lately, we are submitting the bill for the purpose of removing that section which in our opinion is very racial based.

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