Bill C-246 (Historical)

Modernizing Animal Protections Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Fisheries Act, the Textile Labelling Act, the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (animal protection)

This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith  Liberal

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

Status

Defeated, as of Oct. 5, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to consolidate and modernize various offences against animals.
The enactment amends the Fisheries Act to prohibit the practice of shark finning and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act to prohibit the importation of shark fins that are not attached to the rest of the shark carcass.
It also amends the Textile Labelling Act to modify requirements in respect of animal hair and fur and cat and dog skin, hair and fur.
It also amends the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act to add products made in whole or in part of dog or cat fur or skin to Schedule 2 to that Act to prohibit those products from being imported into Canada or manufactured, advertised or sold in Canada.

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.

Votes

Oct. 5, 2016 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Modernizing Animal Protections ActPrivate Members' Business

October 5th, 2016 / 6:30 p.m.


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The Speaker Geoff Regan

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-246 under private members' business.


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(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

Vote #120

Modernizing Animal Protections ActPrivate Members' Business

October 5th, 2016 / 6:35 p.m.


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The Speaker Geoff Regan

I declare the motion defeated.