Bill C-311
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)
Bill C-311 was defeated and did not become law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-311
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 12 sessions:
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)
An Act respecting early learning and child care
An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)
An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use)
An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change
An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)
An Act respecting seat belts in federal vehicles and school buses
An Act to protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of their health information
An Act to protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of their health information
An Act to provide for the recognition of the Canadien Horse as the national horse of Canada
Division Votes (1)
2nd reading of Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)
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Parliamentary Debates (37)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-311.
Routine Proceedings
…f Canada. Actually, it was 73%, but now 100% of them are rated anti-choice because of their vote on Bill C-311, which is the same kind of legislation that Republican elected officials brought in the United States to start undermining a woman's right to choose and overturn Roe versus Wade. This is what they ar…
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… Canada, 100% of Conservative MPs are anti-choice, given their recent vote on backdoor legislation. Bill C-311 is very similar to the bills down south that Republican elected officials used to undermine Roe v. Wade. We are seeing the same tactics in Canada. Of course, the Conservative leader is saying that Co…
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…Party, voted against same-sex marriage in the 2000s and against backdoor anti-abortion legislation, Bill C-311 just in the last session, unanimously with all the Conservatives. When we are talking about freedom, we are not talking about freedom for women and gender-diverse persons to have control over their r…
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…oalition of Canada has listed every Conservative MP as anti-choice after they unanimously supported Bill C-311. When abortion rights are under attack, words are not enough. The government must act to ensure everyone who needs a safe, trauma-informed abortion has access to receive one.
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… the Conservatives anti-choice. This is not surprising, because in this very session of Parliament, Bill C-311 was named a backdoor anti-abortion legislation in the name of so-called violence, even though it was not supported by any women's groups working with women and gender-diverse people who are experienc…
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…the bodily autonomy of trans folk and women has been demonstrated through things such as voting for Bill C-311, which was a piece of backdoor anti-abortion legislation. It was called out by anti-violence groups, and it was supported by the Conservatives. Let us not be too cozy with the Liberals either. Out ea…
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…would allow private member bills against abortion to be introduced and would allow a free vote.” On Bill C-311, which is likened to an anti-abortion bill, the entire Conservative Party, including the member for Carleton, voted in favour. That is in this Parliament, so it is not surprising to me, when we are t…
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… Criminal Code in this regard. The petitioners, upset that the government has turned a blind eye to Bill C-311, are calling on the Liberal government to legislate the abuse of a pregnant woman and the infliction of harm on a preborn child as aggravating circumstances at the sentencing point, within our Crimin…
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…lso proud of the work I did earlier this year on protecting pregnant women from violent men through Bill C-311. We know that, when women are pregnant, they are more susceptible to violence. We know that this is something that takes place in our country more than we realize when these situations are not top of…
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…ch. Hansard shows the sequence of events and comments that led to the incident during the debate on Bill C-311, the violence against pregnant women act. I argued that the government had lost credibility on the matter of women's rights, in part because it had failed to stand up for the victims of Paul Bernardo…
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