moved:
Motion No. 7
That Bill C-15B, in Clause 8, be amended by adding after line 16 on page 6 the following:
“182.7(1) In this section, “service animal” means a dog or any other animal used by a person with a disability.
(2) Every one commits an offence who
(a) assaults, injures or causes the death of a service animal; or
(b) assaults, injures, causes the death of or poisons, or in any way attempts to poison, a service animal while it is kenneled, penned, transported or otherwise held.
(3) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph (2)(a) or (b) is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or emprisonment for a term of not more than eighteen months or both.
(4) The court, in addition to any sentence that it may impose under subsection (3), must order the offender to pay all restitution costs, including training costs, resulting from the service animal's being killed or otherwise rendered unable to perform its duties.”
Motion No. 8
That Bill C-15B, in Clause 8, be amended by adding after line 16 on page 6 the following:
“182.8 The court may order the production of any additional evidence or the issuance of a summons to any persons, including experts, whose testimony the court considers appropriate or necessary to confirm evidence relating to any section in this Part.”