The bill amends the Criminal Code to establish mandatory minimum sentences for sexual assaults that fall within the definition of rape and provide that sentences for such offences must be served consecutively to any other punishment arising out of the same event or series of events.
The bill does not concern a question that is outside federal jurisdiction. It does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts. It does not concern a question that is substantially the same as one already voted on by the House of Commons. It does not concern a question that is currently on the order paper or notice paper as an item of government business.