Bill C-279 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)

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

Third reading (Senate), as of June 17, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-204 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

C-279 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)

C-276 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

C-389 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

C-389 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

C-494 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

C-326 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (gender identity)

C-326 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (gender identity)

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-279s:

C-279 (2022) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal organizations)

C-279 (2021) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)

C-279 (2016) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (length of election period)

C-279 (2009) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (amounts not included in earnings)

C-279 (2006) An Act to amend the DNA Identification Act (establishment of indexes)

Votes

March 20, 2013 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

March 20, 2013 Passed That Bill C-279, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments].

March 20, 2013 Passed That Bill C-279, in Clause 1, be amended by adding after line 21 on page 1 the following: “(2) In this section, “gender identity” means, in respect of an individual, the individual’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex that the individual was assigned at birth.”

March 20, 2013 Passed That Bill C-279 be amended by replacing the long title on page 1 with the following: “An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)”

June 6, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.