Bill C-413 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (promotion of hatred against Indigenous peoples)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

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 Sept. 26, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create an offence of wilfully promoting hatred against Indigenous peoples by condoning, denying, downplaying or justifying the Indian residential school system in Canada through statements communicated other than in private conversation.

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-413s:

C-413 (2018) An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (compliance with obligations)

C-413 (2012) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial discretion)

C-413 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (extension of benefit period for adoptive parents)

C-413 (2009) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (extension of benefit period for adoptive parents)

Indigenous AffairsOral Questions

December 11th, 2024 / 2:55 p.m.

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NDP

Leah Gazan NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

Mr. Speaker, the special interlocutor, the AFN, the Canadian Medical Association and the victims ombudsperson are calling for legal mechanisms to end residential school denialism, but the Liberal Attorney General is missing in action when it comes to the rise of extremism against indigenous people. He has failed to protect survivors and their families from violence. Inciting hate is not free speech.

Will the Prime Minister heed these calls and adopt my bill, Bill C-413, to protect survivors and their families from the incitement of hate?

National Day for Truth and ReconciliationStatements by Members

September 27th, 2024 / 11:15 a.m.

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NDP

Leah Gazan NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

Mr. Speaker, September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day. This is a day to reflect on the genocide that was committed through the residential school system and the ongoing impacts it has on survivors, family members and communities.

For more than 150 years, over 150,000 children were kidnapped from their families and communities and placed in residential schools. Many never made it home.

Despite irrefutable evidence supporting this history, many people, including some parliamentarians, continue to deny or downplay the impacts of this genocidal system. That is why this week, I tabled Bill C-413 to end residential school denialism and protect the stories of survivors.

This Orange Shirt Day, I send my love and support to all survivors of residential schools, their families and their communities. May they be wrapped in love and tenderness on this very important day.