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Bill C-311

Historical
Defeated

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.

Sponsor:Cathay Wagantall
Conservative
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2023-01-31

Other Bills Numbered C-311

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 12 sessions:

44-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)

Defeated
43-2

An Act respecting early learning and child care

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 Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change

Defeated
40-2

An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change

Report stage (House)
39-2

An Act to amend the National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)

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 National Capital Act (Gatineau Park)

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 respecting seat belts in federal vehicles and school buses

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 protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of their health information

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)
37-2

An Act to protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of their health information

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 provide for the recognition of the Canadien Horse as the national horse of Canada

Dead

Division Votes (1)

Division #377
Negatived
2023-06-14T15:55:00

2nd reading of Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women)

113Yea
205Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 148N
Conservative
113Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
0Y / 23N
Independent
0Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 2N

Parliamentary Debates (37)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-311.

Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2023-05-30
Petitions
0

Routine Proceedings

…rcumstances for sentencing purposes in the Criminal Code. I thank both parties for their support of Bill C-311 and for their calls to bring forward proper legislation in regard to violence against pregnant women.

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Hon. Judy A. Sgro2023-05-10
Women and Gender Equality
0

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the House debated Bill C-311, which was introduced by one of the most anti-choice members of this House in a transparent effort by the Conservative Party to reopen the abortion debate in Canada. The Conservatives do not just wan…

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Ms. Emmanuella Lambropoulos2023-05-10
Sexual and Reproductive Health
0

Statements By Members

…, time and again, that they think reproductive rights are negotiable. The latest example of this is Bill C-311. This bill is a transparent attempt to reopen the abortion debate in Canada. On this side of the House, we will always stand up for women's fundamental rights, even as the Conservatives try to turn b…

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Ms. Rachel Bendayan2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

…and genesis suggests that its real purpose is to reopen the abortion debate in Canada. Conservative Bill C-311 is the most recent iteration of a number of similar previous private members' bills. In 2016, the same Conservative member introduced Bill C-225, which proposed to add an offence for injuring or caus…

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Ms. Leah Gazan2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am not pleased to have to rise today to speak on Bill C-311, another attack on a woman's right to choose, another attack on abortion as health care, another attack on abortion rights as human rights, which is something that women, in particular, led the way t…

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Ms. Leah Gazan2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

…ting anti-choice legislation that impacts a woman's right to choose, including, now, his support of Bill C-311. He also has a history of backing up and holding up folks such as Jordan Peterson, who has spoken out aggressively against the trans community and its members' right to bodily autonomy. This is about…

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Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am honoured to stand today in support of Bill C-311, the violence against pregnant women act, because I thought that is what we would be debating tonight. However, what I have been listening to is far from that. The speakers have gone far afield in th…

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Ms. Rachel Bendayan2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

…a pro-life petition, which she also presented in this chamber in March. That petition advocates for Bill C-311, arguing that “preborn children” should be considered “victims”. This language has garnered public support from anti-abortion organizations that seek to strip reproductive freedom from women here in …

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Ms. Andréanne Larouche2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

…opped. The Bloc Québécois demands that the Leader of the Conservative Party publicly recognize that Bill C-311 is just a partisan strategy to attack abortion, that he call on his members to oppose it and that he rein in the member for Yorkton—Melville. If he does not, if he chooses instead to vote for Bill C‑…

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Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2023-05-09
Violence Against Pregnant Women Act
0

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (violence against pregnant women), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to open what I seek to be a respectful debate on …

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