Bill S-203 (Historical)

Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins)

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

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create offences respecting cetaceans in captivity. It also amends the Fisheries Act to prohibit the taking of a cetacean into captivity and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act to require a permit for the import of a cetacean into Canada and the export of a cetacean from 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.

Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on March 18, 2019

  • Chair, Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)
  • Blaine Calkins, Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC
  • Ingrid Visser, Founder and Principal Scientist, Orca Research Trust, As an Individual
  • Murray Sinclair, Senator, Manitoba, ISG
  • Adam Burns, Director General, Fisheries Resource Management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  • Joanne Klineberg
  • Carolina Caceres, Manager, International Biodiversity, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment
  • Hal Whitehead, Professor, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, As an Individual
  • Laura Graham, Director, WRG Conservation Foundation, As an Individual
  • Clinton Wright, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Aquariums, Ocean Wise
  • Andrew Burns, Legal Counsel, Marineland of Canada Inc.
  • Martin Haulena, Chief Veterinarian, Ocean Wise

Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on April 2, 2019