Bill S-228

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill S-228, an act to amend the Criminal Code on sterilization procedures. Bill S-228, formerly Bill S-250, would criminalize the act of forcing or coercing a person to become sterilized without proper consent.…

Statements by Members

…riences of pressure, coercion and procedures performed without their consent. I am proud to sponsor Bill S-228, introduced by Senator Yvonne Boyer, which will clarify in the Criminal Code that performing a sterilization without consent constitutes aggravated assault. This legislation will strengthen accountab…

Statements by Members

…eriences of pressure, coercion and procedures performed without true consent. I am proud to sponsor Bill S-228, introduced by Senator Yvonne Boyer, which will clarify in the Criminal Code that performing a sterilization without consent constitutes aggravated assault. This legislation will strengthen accountab…

Routine Proceedings

moved that Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures), be read the first time. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to introduce Bill S-228, seconded by the member for Lethbridge. This legislation is id…

Government Orders

…se that the Senate has passed the following bill, to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-228, an act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures). I also have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing the House that the Senate has pass…

Private Members' Business

… in the House, Senator Nancy Greene Raine introduced the child health protection act. It was called Bill S-228, and that legislation would have banned the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages primarily directed at children under 17 years of age. A bit later I will touch on how this bill has reduced that …

Private Members' Business

…ffered from significant push-back. Most notable is former senator Nancy Greene Raine’s efforts with Bill S-228, which unfortunately got stalled in the Senate and died on the Order Paper. Similarly, we witnessed efforts by the opposition to stall this bill at the committee stage. Some members have even tried t…

Private Members' Business

…igher age than this bill would set. At the House Standing Committee on Health, the Liberals amended Bill S-228 to reduce the age limit from under 17 years old to under 13 years old and they added a five-year legislative review. Although Bill S-228 passed third reading in both the House and the Senate, unfortu…

Private Members' Business

…lthy food and beverage products to youth under the age of 13. This bill is substantively similar to Bill S-228 from the 42nd Parliament, which I similarly opposed. The objective of the bill is a laudable one. After all, obesity is a real problem in Canada among young people. Recent data indicates that approxi…

Private Members' Business

…also contribute to a healthy economy as well. Some parliamentarians may recall that a similar bill, Bill S-228, was initially tabled in the Senate in 2016, spearheading the approach to introducing restrictions on advertising and marketing to children. It had passed in the Senate, was debated and amended in th…