Bill C-293 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (means of communication for child luring)

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

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 5, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to expand the offence of luring a child to include all means of communication.

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 C-293s:

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C-293 (2021) An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)
C-293 (2016) An Act to amend the Department of Health Act (Advisory Committee)
C-293 (2011) Law An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (vexatious complainants)
C-293 (2009) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (means of communication for child luring)
C-293 (2007) Law Official Development Assistance Accountability Act

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

February 5th, 2009 / 10:25 a.m.


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NDP

Dawn Black NDP New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-293, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (means of communication for child luring).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to reintroduce this bill, which would strengthen the laws that protect our children.

The luring of a child is the first step that is taken by those who would try to exploit, abuse or hurt children. However, as the law now stands, this luring is only a crime if it is carried out by a computer. As we all know, technology has changed. We know that other means of communication are now used by child predators. It is time to modernize our laws to criminalize child luring in all of its forms.

I urge all of my colleagues in the House to support the bill.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)