Bill S-231 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Investment Canada Act (human rights violations)

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

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Dec. 2, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Investment Canada Act to include violations of human rights, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed by investors or in which investors have been involved, as factors to be taken into account in determining if an investment is of net benefit to Canada.

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 S-231s:

S-231 (2021) Increasing the Identification of Criminals Through the Use of DNA Act

S-231 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)

S-231 (2016) Law Journalistic Sources Protection Act

S-231 (2015) Strengthening Canadians’ Security and Promoting Hunting and Recreational Shooting Act

S-231 (2008) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (oath of citizenship)