Bill C-637 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearms storage and transportation)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Robert Sopuck  Conservative

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

Status

Report stage (House), as of June 3, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that certain weapons are deemed not to be firearms for the purposes of transportation and storage.

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-637s:

C-637 (2011) Public Transit Operators Protection Act (Bregg's Law)

Votes

May 6, 2015 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on May 12, 2015

    Public Safety and National Security Committee, on May 14, 2015

    • Todd Brown, Concerned Firearm Owners of Alberta
    • Greg Farrant, Manager, Government Affairs and Policy, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
    • Tony Bernardo, Executive Director, Canadian Shooting Sports Association
    • Katherine Austin, Canadian Paediatric Society

    Public Safety and National Security Committee, on June 2, 2015