Bill C-235 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to inform)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

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 June 21, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-235 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to inform)

C-608 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to inform)

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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1^st reading

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

June 21st, 2011 / 10:05 a.m.

Bloc

Maria Mourani Bloc Ahuntsic, QC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-235, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (failure to inform).

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to introduce this bill, which would amend the Criminal Code to make it an offence not to report to the authorities instances of sexual or physical abuse of a child. This is a small bill that has only a few clauses. I hope that all of my colleagues here who want to protect children will support this bill.

This bill would make it an offence to fail or neglect to inform the police or social services of a situation in which someone has reasonable grounds to believe that a child is being sexually or physically abused.

I believe that we all have the responsibility to protect the children in our society, and if we do not do so, if we remain silent or look away, we are just as guilty as the individual committing the crime. I urge all of my colleagues to support this bill.

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