Bill C-246

Defeated

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consecutive sentences for sexual offences)

Bill C-246 was defeated and did not become law.

Sponsor:Rachael Harder
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-09-23

Other Bills Numbered C-246

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 15 sessions:

45-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consecutive sentences for sexual offences)

Defeated
44-1

An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (representation in the House of Commons)

Defeated
43-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act

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)
42-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Fisheries Act, the Textile Labelling Act, the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (animal protection)

Defeated
41-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

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)
41-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

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)
40-3

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child sexual predators)

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)
40-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child sexual predators)

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)
40-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child sexual predators)

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)
39-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins)

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)
39-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins)

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)
38-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (child adoption expenses)

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)
37-3

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (child adoption expenses)

In committee (House)
37-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (child adoption expenses)

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)
37-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code to prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a person's religion or belief that human life is inviolable

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)

Division Votes (2)

Division #88
Negatived
2026-03-25T15:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consecutive sentences for sexual offences)

157Yea
169Nay
10Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 163N
Conservative
135Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
22Y / 0N
NDP
0Y / 5N
Green Party
0Y / 1N
Division #140
Negatived
2022-06-08T15:45:00

2nd reading of Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (representation in the House of Commons)

51Yea
264Nay
12Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 150N
Conservative
0Y / 112N
Bloc Québécois
29Y / 0N
NDP
21Y / 0N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
1Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (27)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-246.

Alex Ruff2025-10-29
Public Safety
0

Adjournment Proceedings

…ctable conviction from acting as a guarantor. This is something I want to focus on as well. We have Bill C-246 from the member for Lethbridge, which focuses on consecutive sentences and being able to do that, and I would ask whether Bill C-14 is able to address that. Finally, there are a couple aspects of Bil…

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Rachael Thomas2025-09-23
Criminal Code
0

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consecutive sentences for sexual offences). Mr. Speaker, for over a decade, Liberal justice policies have increasingly favoured criminals, therefore undermining th…

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2022-06-08
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from June 6 consideration of the motion that Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (representation in the House of Commons), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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The Speaker2022-06-08
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-246 under Private Members' Business.

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2022-06-06
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from March 24 consideration of the motion that Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (representation in the House of Commons), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Mr. Martin Champoux2022-06-06
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
0

Private Members' Business

… the Bloc Québécois. Throughout the debates, we saw that there were two different understandings of Bill C-246. In good or bad faith, and I would tend to say more often in bad faith, people have pretended they do not understand what is at stake. They ignore or dismiss the fact that what Quebec is asking for i…

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Mr. Mike Kelloway2022-06-06
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak today to Bill C-246. I would like to draw attention to the introduction of Bill C-14 and note my support of the government's proposal to update the grandfather clause in the seat allocation formula. This will ensure tha…

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Mr. Scott Reid2022-06-06
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, we are talking today about Bill C-246, which provides that the total number of members from the province of Quebec can never be less than 25% of the total number of members in the House of Commons, regardless of whether Quebec's populati…

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Mr. Peter Julian2022-06-06
Constitution Act, 2022 (representation of Quebec)
0

Private Members' Business

…now, the House of Commons is not elected by proportional representation, and it is unfortunate that Bill C-246 does not include this crucial element. Consequently, not every vote counts. Because there is no proportional representation, the NDP has been under-represented in Quebec since the last federal electi…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2022-03-24
Constitution Act, 1867
0

Private Members' Business

…ave the potential to go beyond that. Why not recognize the value of Bill C-14? What is the need for Bill C-246, which is being proposed? The member already knows that members on the government side are committed to it, because we had the debate earlier this month, which the member even made reference to, wher…

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