Bill C-300 (Historical)

Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention Act

An Act respecting a Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention

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

Sponsor

Harold Albrecht  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment establishes a requirement for the Government of Canada to develop a federal framework for suicide prevention in consultation with relevant non-governmental organizations, the relevant entity in each province and territory, as well as with relevant federal departments.

Similar bills

C-297 (41st Parliament, 1st session) National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act
C-593 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act

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-300s:

C-300 (2022) An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act, the Defence Production Act and the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (Canadian products and services)
C-300 (2021) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (books by Canadian authors)
C-300 (2016) An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (Canada Health Transfer)
C-300 (2010) Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act

Votes

Feb. 15, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Health Committee, on March 6, 2012

  • David Goldbloom, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Mental Health Commission of Canada
  • Tana Nash, Coordinator, Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council
  • Mary Bartram, Director, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Commission of Canada
  • Janice Burke, Senior Director, Strategic Policy Integration, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Rakesh Jetly, Mental Health Advisor, Directorate of Mental Health, Department of National Defence
  • Marla Israel, Acting Director General, Centre for Health Promotion, Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Jennifer Wheatley, Director General, Mental Health, Correctional Service of Canada
  • Suzanne Bailey, National Practice Leader, Social Work and Mental Health Training, Department of National Defence
  • Kathy Langlois, Director General, Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Department of Health

Health Committee, on March 8, 2012

  • Dammy Damstrom-Albach, President, Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
  • Jennifer Fodden, Executive Director, Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line
  • Denise Batters, As an Individual
  • Brian Mishara, Director, Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia, Université du Québec à Montréal, As an Individual
  • Marnin Heisel, Associate Professor and Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario

Health Committee, on March 15, 2012