Bill C-301 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

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 Oct. 16, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to decrease the legal alcohol limit to 0.05% from the current limit of 0.08%.

Similar bills

C-301 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol)

C-455 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol content)

C-464 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol content)

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-301s:

C-301 (2022) An Act to amend the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, the Canada Student Loans Act and the Apprentice Loans Act (interest on student loans)

C-301 (2021) An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and the Canada Health Act

C-301 (2016) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and to make a related amendment to another Act (registered retirement income fund)

C-301 (2013) Open Government Act

C-301 (2011) Open Government Act

C-301 (2009) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (registration of firearms)

Other House mentions

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

May 17th, 2006 / 3:30 p.m.

See context

Liberal

Susan Kadis Liberal Thornhill, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-301, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (blood alcohol).

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table a private member's bill that is long overdue in Canada.

MADD Canada estimates that just under four Canadians are killed each day and just under 190 Canadians are injured each day due to crashes involving alcohol or drugs. Approximately 75,000 Canadians are impacted by impaired drivers annually, and there are an estimated 12.5 million trips of impaired driving each year in Canada.

As such, this private member's bill calls on the government to amend the Criminal Code to reduce the legal limit of alcohol permitted in the blood while operating a motor vehicle from 80 milligrams or 0.08% to 50 milligrams, or 0.05%.

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