Bill S-213 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (lottery schemes)

This bill was last introduced in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in September 2008.

Status

Report stage (House), as of June 10, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Elsewhere

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All House mentions

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

February 12th, 2008 / 10:05 a.m.
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Liberal

Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC

moved for leave to introduce Bill S-213, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (lottery schemes).

Mr. Speaker, once again, I am pleased to sponsor Bill S-213, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (lottery schemes), concerning video lottery terminals.

Pursuant to Standing Order 86.2, I wish to state that this bill is in the same form as S-211, which was before the House in the first session, and I ask that this bill be reinstated.

As reported in the news this morning, more and more tragic suicides are happening because of gambling problems. In light of what we have learned about this, I think it is high time we addressed this issue. Members of the other place have done excellent work, and now it is our turn to move forward with this well-crafted bill.

(Motion deemed adopted and bill read the first time)