Bill C-15 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Status

At consideration in the House of Commons of amendments made by the Senate, as of Dec. 14, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide for minimum penalties for serious drug offences, to increase the maximum penalty for cannabis (marihuana) production and to reschedule certain substances from Schedule III to that Act to Schedule I.
As well, it requires that a review of that Act be undertaken and a report submitted to Parliament.
The enactment also makes related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

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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.

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Votes

June 8, 2009 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

June 8, 2009 Passed That this question be now put.

June 3, 2009 Passed That Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

June 3, 2009 Failed That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Controlled Drugs and Substances ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2009 / 12:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Controlled Drugs and Substances ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2009 / 12:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

All those opposed will please say nay.

Controlled Drugs and Substances ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2009 / 12:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Controlled Drugs and Substances ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2009 / 12:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And more than five members having risen:

Pursuant to Standing Order 45 the division stands deferred until Monday, June 8 at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.

The House resumed from June 5 consideration of the motion that Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the third time and passed, and of the motion that this question be now put.

Controlled Drugs and Substances ActGovernment Orders

June 8th, 2009 / 6:25 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Denise Savoie

It being 6:30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the previous question at third reading of Bill C-15.

Call in the members.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #81

Controlled Drugs and Substances ActGovernment Orders

June 8th, 2009 / 6:55 p.m.