An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against a health care worker)

Sponsor

Don Davies  NDP

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 Dec. 16, 2021

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to consider the fact that the victim of an assault is a health care worker to be an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of sentencing.

Similar bills

C-202 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against a health care worker)
C-202 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against a health care worker)

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-220s:

C-220 (2021) Law An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave)
C-220 (2020) An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (compassionate care leave)
C-220 (2016) An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (balanced representation)
C-220 (2013) National Brain Health Education and Awareness Month Act