An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)

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

Sponsor

Joy Smith  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 amends the Criminal Code to add the offence of trafficking in persons to the offences committed outside Canada for which Canadian citizens or permanent residents may be prosecuted in Canada.
It also amends the Act to add factors that the Court may consider when determining whether an accused exploits another person.

Similar bills

C-612 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
C-602 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)

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-310s:

C-310 (2022) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (volunteer firefighting and search and rescue volunteer tax credit)
C-310 (2021) An Act to amend the Privacy Act (prevention of violence against women)
C-310 (2016) An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (debt recovery)
C-310 (2010) Air Passengers' Bill of Rights

Votes

April 4, 2012 Passed That Bill C-310, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

JusticePetitionsRoutine Proceedings

March 14th, 2012 / 3:15 p.m.


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Conservative

Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB

Mr. Speaker, I have hundreds of petitions that were sent to my office in support of Bill C-310, my private member's bill. I will be presenting my bill in the justice committee tomorrow. I would like to submit these petitions to the House of Commons.

Human TraffickingPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

March 9th, 2012 / 12:05 p.m.


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Conservative

Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB

Mr. Speaker, today I am very pleased to present petitions from hundreds of people across this country who are calling on us to support Bill C-310, my human trafficking bill. This bill would reach the long arm of the Canadian law into countries where predators go to set up brothels and violate and exploit young children. I am very pleased to present these petitions to the House today.

Human TraffickingPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

February 8th, 2012 / 3:25 p.m.


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Conservative

Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB

Mr. Speaker, I have a number of petitions to present.

First, I have 459 petitions that people put together in support of my Bill C-310. It is a bill that is going to committee. It is with respect to stopping human trafficking, and reaching into other countries to bring traffickers of children back here if they are Canadian citizens to be judged under Canadian law.

Another 389 petitions also came in a couple of days ago supporting the Nordic model. The petitioners want our government to put the Nordic model in place.

Another 1,000 signatures have come in with respect to the Nordic model focusing on men rather than women. The women are sold for sex and are victims. The men who buy those services from these victims will be the focus of the Nordic model.

With respect to the national action plan which was announced during the last election, we have almost 1,000 signatures. The petitioners are asking the government to implement the action plan as soon as possible.

Human TraffickingStatements By Members

December 13th, 2011 / 2:05 p.m.


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Conservative

Rob Anders Conservative Calgary West, AB

Mr. Speaker, the holidays are approaching. Most of us will be spending time with family and friends. Unfortunately, there are some who will not have this opportunity. There are those out there who will be forced to spend this holiday far away from those they truly love.

Miss Hunter, whose mother, Lisa, lives in my riding, has paid a heavy price. At 16, she was drugged, and people paid to sexually abuse her. This year she turned 18; in May was found with a man three times her age, overdosed with Valium. Paramedics were called more than four hours after she stopped breathing. They determined she had been lying dead next to her john for five hours by the time they arrived.

Human trafficking takes a tremendous toll both inside and outside our borders. The Salvation Army states that 700,000 to 4,000,000 people are trafficked annually worldwide. That is why I encourage all parliamentarians to support Bill C-310, put forward by the member for Parliament for Kildonan—St. Paul to punish human trafficking.