Bill C-291
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)
Bill C-291 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-291
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 10 sessions:
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (genetically modified food)
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period and maximum special benefits)
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a child before or during its birth while committing an offence)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (weapons trafficking)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (keeping child pornography in a manner that is not reasonably secure from access by others)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (keeping child pornography in a manner that is not reasonably secure from access by others)
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violent crimes)
Division Votes (2)
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material)
Vote by party
2nd reading of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse material)
Vote by party
Parliamentary Debates (31)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-291.
Private Members' Business
…as adopted unanimously by the committee. This proposed amendment came about as a result of studying Bill C-291 after it was introduced. The government noted that the federal regulations made pursuant to An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet …
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… worked tirelessly for his community. He will be missed forever. I am pleased to join the debate on Bill C-291, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts, regarding child sexual abuse and exploitation material, introduced by the member for North Okanagan—Shuswap on J…
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…t. I also have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report, in relation to Bill C-291, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts (child sexual abuse material). The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the …
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…omewhat related to what we discussed, I want to note the pleasure I have here that I just voted for Bill C-291, and the House unanimously, as I understand it, voted to bring Bill C-291 to committee. That bill will hopefully change the name of child pornography to “child sexual abuse material” to reflect the f…
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…ing hypothetical here. A person has child sexual abuse material, which is what we voted on today in Bill C-291, and has that material found on their computer. In order to prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt, a prosecutor needs to prove who owns that computer, who possessed that computer and who accessed…
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…ever they are in that area. These members see terrible things. I was speaking to a bill I authored, Bill C-291, last week. I authored the bill and it was sponsored by the member for North Okanagan—Shuswap, and I thank him again for doing so. The bill proposes to change the definition of “child pornography” to…
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moved that Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse material), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, it is an honou…
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Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to join the second reading debate on Bill C-291, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other acts, child sexual abuse material, introduced by the member for North Okanagan—Shuswap on June 17, 2022. At the outset…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my friend from North Okanagan—Shuswap for introducing Bill C-291. I want to ask him about what kinds of consultations he has had with victims and survivors, as well as those in the policing and justice communities. Could he maybe comment on who he has consulted an…
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…be called what it is: sexual abuse. Last week, my hon. colleague from North Okanagan—Shuswap tabled Bill C-291 to change all references of “child pornography” in the criminal code to “child sexual abuse material”. I am deeply grateful to him for tabling this bill, which I authored, and using his slot in the o…
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