Bill C-294 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Sponsor

Todd Doherty  Conservative

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 May 7, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Telecommunications Act to require the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to designate a three-digit phone number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.‍

Similar bills

C-269 (current session) An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)

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-294s:

C-294 (2022) Law An Act to amend the Copyright Act (interoperability)
C-294 (2016) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (cessation of refugee protection)
C-294 (2013) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)
C-294 (2011) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)

HealthOral Questions

June 10th, 2021 / 2:50 p.m.


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Conservative

Todd Doherty Conservative Cariboo—Prince George, BC

Mr. Speaker, it has been 181 days since we passed this motion, 181 days of inaction. Every 24 hours, 11 Canadians die by suicide. A further 275 attempt it. Using those numbers, in the 181 days nearly 2,000 Canadians have died by suicide. A further 50,000 have attempted suicide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death of young children in Canada.

Will the Liberal government commit to passing my bill, Bill C-294, today and help save lives, finally take action and finally bring 988 to Canada, yes or no?