Bill C-295 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal code (recruitment of children and swarming)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

Peter MacKay  Progressive Conservative

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 Feb. 2, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-341 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (recruitment of children and swarming)
C-295 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal code (recruitment of children and swarming)
C-275 (37th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (recruitment of children and swarming)

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-295s:

C-295 (2022) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (neglect of vulnerable adults)
C-295 (2021) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (recent graduates working in a designated region)
C-295 (2016) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (residence of electors)
C-295 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (designation of survivor)
C-295 (2011) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (designation of survivor)
C-295 (2010) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (episodic disability)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

November 4th, 2002 / 3:10 p.m.


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Progressive Conservative

Peter MacKay Progressive Conservative Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-295, an act to amend the Criminal Code (recruitment of children and swarming).

Mr. Speaker, the bill is an amendment to the Criminal Code aimed specifically at the more recent phenomenon of swarming, wherein individuals like Jonathan Wamback have suffered grave injuries as a result of this type of offence. It would amend the Criminal Code to make it illegal to recruit individuals, most often teenagers, to commit offences that result in this type of activity of mass beatings, where an individual's life and limb are put at jeopardy.

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