Bill S-215 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for violent offences against Aboriginal women)

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

Status

Defeated, as of April 10, 2019
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court, when imposing a sentence for certain violent offences, to consider the fact that the victim is an Aboriginal woman to be an aggravating circumstance.

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-215s:

S-215 (2021) Post-Secondary Institutions Bankruptcy Protection Act

S-215 (2020) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

S-215 (2020) An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (farming exemptions)

S-215 (2014) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election expenses)

S-215 (2012) An Act to amend the Payment Card Networks Act (credit card acceptance fees)

S-215 (2010) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings)

Votes

April 10, 2019 Failed 2nd reading of Bill S-215, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for violent offences against Aboriginal women)

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

Vote #1293

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

April 10th, 2019 / 6:35 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

I declare the motion defeated.

It being 6:36 p.m., the House will now proceed to the consideration of Private Members' Business as listed on today's Order Paper.