Bill C-304 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (grooming)

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

Sponsor

Jasraj Singh Hallan Conservative

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

Status

Second reading (House), as of May 31, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that when a court imposes a sentence for certain sexual offences, it shall consider as an aggravating factor the fact that the offender communicated with the victim, or engaged in conduct in relation to them, with the intention that the communication or conduct lead the victim to participate in the activity that is the subject of the offence.

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 C-304s:

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C-304 (2010) Secure, Adequate, Accessible and Affordable Housing Act

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Criminal CodeStatements By Members

June 3rd, 2021 / 2:10 p.m.

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Conservative

Jasraj Singh Hallan Conservative Calgary Forest Lawn, AB

Mr. Speaker, I want everyone in this House to imagine being a child who is going through something traumatic and just wants to feel loved. Picture this child being approached by an older individual on Instagram who promises gifts and love. Now imagine this child being violated, groomed and sold into human trafficking by that same predator. According to cybertip.ca, they saw an 81% increase from April to June 2020 of reports of youth who had been sexually exploited.

Last week, I introduced Bill C-304 to enforce harsher punishments for child grooming and exploitation. I have two young daughters and I want to see them and the rest of our youth grow up in a safe environment free from child groomers and predators.

I ask everyone in this House to support Bill C-304 so that we can put a stop to this evil.