This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.
Peter MacKay Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to
(a) increase mandatory minimum penalties and maximum penalties for certain sexual offences against children;
(b) increase maximum penalties for violations of prohibition orders, probation orders and peace bonds;
(c) clarify and codify the rules regarding the imposition of consecutive and concurrent sentences;
(d) require courts to impose, in certain cases, consecutive sentences on offenders who commit sexual offences against children; and
(e) ensure that a court that imposes a sentence must take into consideration evidence that the offence in question was committed while the offender was subject to a conditional sentence order or released on parole, statutory release or unescorted temporary absence.
It amends the Canada Evidence Act to ensure that spouses of the accused are competent and compellable witnesses for the prosecution in child pornography cases.
It also amends the Sex Offender Information Registration Act to increase the reporting obligations of sex offenders who travel outside Canada.
It enacts the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act to establish a publicly accessible database that contains information — that a police service or other public authority has previously made accessible to the public — with respect to persons who are found guilty of sexual offences against children and who pose a high risk of committing crimes of a sexual nature.
Finally, it makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
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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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Yea.
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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Nay.
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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division stands deferred until Monday, November 24, 2014, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.
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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
Conservative
John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC
Mr. Speaker, I would request consent to see the clock at 1:30 p.m.
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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
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November 21st, 2014 / 1:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
The House resumed from November 21 consideration of the motion that Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, to enact the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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November 24th, 2014 / 6:40 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the second reading stage of Bill C-26.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
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November 24th, 2014 / 6:45 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)