An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) | |
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Parliament of Canada | |
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Citation | SC 2012, c 15 |
Territorial extent | Canada |
Enacted by | Parliament of Canada |
Royal assent | June 28, 2012 |
Legislative history | |
Bill citation | Bill C-310 |
Introduced by | Joy Smith |
First reading | October 3, 2011 (House of Commons) |
Second reading | December 12, 2011 (House of Commons) |
Third reading | April 27, 2012 (House of Commons) |
First reading | May 1, 2012 (Senate) |
Second reading | May 15, 2012 (Senate) |
Third reading | June 22, 2012 (Senate) |
Summary | |
Enables the Government of Canada to prosecute Canadians for trafficking in persons while outside of Canada | |
Keywords | |
Human trafficking | |
Status: In force |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) ( French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel (traite des personnes), commonly known as Bill C-310) is a statute passed by the Canadian Parliament in 2012. [1] It amended the Criminal Code to enable the Government of Canada to prosecute Canadians for trafficking in persons while outside of Canada. [2]
Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan—St. Paul in Manitoba, introduced Bill C-310 as a private member's bill in the fall of 2011. Smith hoped that the bill would help combat human trafficking globally in a way that could not be accomplished by simply addressing issues relating to border control and immigration to Canada. [3] The first reading of the bill took place on October 3 of that year during the 41st Canadian Parliament. [4] Although private member's bills rarely are enacted, Bill C-310 was passed by Parliament and received royal assent on June 28, 2012.
During debates in the House of Commons on the bill, it received broad support across party lines. [5]
On April 27, 2012, the bill was sent to the Senate with unanimous support from MPs. [4] [6] That June, UNICEF Canada submitted a brief to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs relating to Bill C-310. [7] On June 22, 2012, the bill passed third reading in the Senate, and then royal assent on June 28, 2012. [4] [8]
A year later, on May 6, 2013, Naomi Krueger of The Salvation Army appeared as a witness at before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Krueger was the manager of Deborah's Gate, a safe house for human trafficking victims run by the Salvation Army in Vancouver, British Columbia. She testified to the Committee that Bill C-310 "created opportunities to better support ... the victims whom we serve on a day-to-day basis at Deborah's Gate." [9]
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) | |
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Parliament of Canada | |
| |
Citation | SC 2012, c 15 |
Territorial extent | Canada |
Enacted by | Parliament of Canada |
Royal assent | June 28, 2012 |
Legislative history | |
Bill citation | Bill C-310 |
Introduced by | Joy Smith |
First reading | October 3, 2011 (House of Commons) |
Second reading | December 12, 2011 (House of Commons) |
Third reading | April 27, 2012 (House of Commons) |
First reading | May 1, 2012 (Senate) |
Second reading | May 15, 2012 (Senate) |
Third reading | June 22, 2012 (Senate) |
Summary | |
Enables the Government of Canada to prosecute Canadians for trafficking in persons while outside of Canada | |
Keywords | |
Human trafficking | |
Status: In force |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) ( French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel (traite des personnes), commonly known as Bill C-310) is a statute passed by the Canadian Parliament in 2012. [1] It amended the Criminal Code to enable the Government of Canada to prosecute Canadians for trafficking in persons while outside of Canada. [2]
Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan—St. Paul in Manitoba, introduced Bill C-310 as a private member's bill in the fall of 2011. Smith hoped that the bill would help combat human trafficking globally in a way that could not be accomplished by simply addressing issues relating to border control and immigration to Canada. [3] The first reading of the bill took place on October 3 of that year during the 41st Canadian Parliament. [4] Although private member's bills rarely are enacted, Bill C-310 was passed by Parliament and received royal assent on June 28, 2012.
During debates in the House of Commons on the bill, it received broad support across party lines. [5]
On April 27, 2012, the bill was sent to the Senate with unanimous support from MPs. [4] [6] That June, UNICEF Canada submitted a brief to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs relating to Bill C-310. [7] On June 22, 2012, the bill passed third reading in the Senate, and then royal assent on June 28, 2012. [4] [8]
A year later, on May 6, 2013, Naomi Krueger of The Salvation Army appeared as a witness at before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Krueger was the manager of Deborah's Gate, a safe house for human trafficking victims run by the Salvation Army in Vancouver, British Columbia. She testified to the Committee that Bill C-310 "created opportunities to better support ... the victims whom we serve on a day-to-day basis at Deborah's Gate." [9]