Bill C-34 (Historical)

Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Peter Van Loan Conservative

Status

Report stage (House), as of Dec. 7, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the National Defence Act to enhance police investigation of crimes of a sexual nature and allow police services to use the national database proactively to prevent crimes of a sexual nature.
It also amends the Criminal Code and the International Transfer of Offenders Act to require sex offenders arriving in Canada to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.
It also amends the Criminal Code to provide that sex offenders who are subject to a mandatory requirement to comply with the Sex Offender Information Registration Act are also subject to a mandatory requirement to provide a sample for forensic DNA analysis.
It also amends the National Defence Act to reflect the amendments to the Criminal Code relating to the registration of sex offenders.

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.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 18, 2009

Mary Donaghy, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Partnerships Branch, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Douglas Hoover, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
Agnès Levesque, Counsel, Legal Services, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Clifford Yumansky, Director, Corrections and Community Development, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Oct. 22, 2009

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 3, 2009

Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Roger Préfontaine
Mike MacPherson, Procedural Clerk
Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Douglas Hoover, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 5, 2009

Commissioner Marc-Arthur Hyppolite, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Service Canada
Commissioner Elizabeth Van Allen, Deputy Commissioner for Women, Women Offender Sector, Correctional Service Canada
Lisa Allgaier, Director General, Aboriginal Initiatives Directorate, Correctional Service Canada
Peter Ford, Physician, As an Individual
Kim Pate, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Douglas Hoover, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
Lyne Casavant, Committee Researcher

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Dec. 3, 2009

Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Roger Préfontaine
Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Mike MacPherson, Procedural Clerk
Douglas Hoover, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice