Bill C-461 (Historical)

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

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

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

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of June 17, 2019
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to specify what constitutes exploitation for the purpose of establishing whether a person has committed the offence of trafficking in persons. It also amends the Judges Act to provide that seminars established for the continuing education of judges must include seminars on 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-461s:

C-461 (2013) CBC and Public Service Disclosure and Transparency Act

C-461 (2012) CBC and Public Service Disclosure and Transparency Act

C-461 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (use of hand-held telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle)

C-461 (2009) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (use of hand-held telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle)

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

October 18th, 2022 / 10 a.m.

See context

Conservative

Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON

moved that Bill S-224, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons), be read the first time.

Mr. Speaker, the modern-day slavery of human trafficking is happening today within 10 blocks of our homes. The inspiration for this bill was brought to me by a constituent of mine, Darla, who is a survivor.

In June 2019, I introduced a private member's bill, Bill C-461, which was a product of meaningful consultation in our community. Although that bill did not pass, today I am pleased to sponsor Bill S-224, which would simplify the definition of exploitation for trafficking offences in the Criminal Code by removing the unfair burden placed on exploited individuals to prove there was an element of fear in their abuse.

I want to introduce this to my fellow colleagues as a non-partisan issue. I thank Senator Salma Ataullahjan for her excellent work in the Senate, and my colleague, the member for Peace River—Westlock, for his commitment to ending human trafficking.

(Motion agreed to and bill read the first time)