Bill S-236

An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to establish a framework for implementing the rights of victims of crime

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Oct. 1, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights to enhance some of the rights granted to victims of crime and establishes a framework for implementing those rights.

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 S-236s:

S-236 (2022) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)

S-236 (2021) Increasing the Identification of Criminals Through the Use of DNA Act

S-236 (2017) Law Recognition of Charlottetown as the Birthplace of Confederation Act

S-236 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election expenses)