Bill C-22 (Historical)

An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

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

This enactment imposes reporting duties on persons who provide an Internet service to the public if they are advised of an Internet address where child pornography may be available to the public or if they have reasonable grounds to believe that their Internet service is being or has been used to commit a child pornography offence. This enactment makes it an offence to fail to comply with the reporting duties.

Similar bills

C-58 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) Child Protection Act (Online Sexual Exploitation)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-22s:

C-22 (2022) Law Canada Disability Benefit Act
C-22 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
C-22 (2016) Law An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts
C-22 (2014) Law Energy Safety and Security Act

Votes

Nov. 16, 2010 Failed That Bill C-22 be amended by restoring Clause 1 as follows: “1. This Act may be cited as the Protecting Children from Online Sexual Exploitation Act.”

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 19, 2010

  • Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice
  • Normand Wong, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Catherine Kane, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Oct. 21, 2010

  • Lianna McDonald, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Child Protection
  • Catherine Kane, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Normand Wong, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice