Summary of Public Safety Legislation

CURRENT LEGISLATION BEFORE PARLIAMENT

Bill C-3 - An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and the Canada Border Services Agency Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Bill C-3 seeks to:

The bill was first introduced in the last parliamentary session, but died on the Order Paper as a result of the 2019 election. It was re-introduced in this parliamentary session on January 27, 2020 and is currently at Second Reading in the House of Commons.

Recent Public Safety Bills that have received royal assent

Bill C-59 – An Act respecting national security matters

Bill C-59 sought to:

The bill was introduced on June 20, 2017, and received Royal Assent on June 21, 2019.

Bill C-66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts (The Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act)

Bill C-66 sought to:

The bill was introduced on November 28, 2017, and received Royal Assent on June 21, 2018.

Bill C-71 – An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms

Bill C-71 sought to:

The bill was introduced on March 20, 2018, and received Royal Assent on   June 6, 2019.

Bill C-83 – An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act

Bill C-83 sought to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to, among other things:

This enactment also amended the English version of a provision of the Criminal Records Act.

Bill C-83 replaced Bill C-56 – An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early Parole Act.

The bill was introduced in the House of Commons on October 16, 2018, and received Royal Assent on June 21, 2019.

Bill C-93 – An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis

This enactment sought to allow those convicted of simple, sole possession of cannabis to apply for a record suspension without being subject to the period required by the Criminal Records Act for other offences, nor will they be required to pay the application fee.

The bill was introduced in the House of Commons on March 1, 2019, and received Royal Assent on June 21, 2019.

Bill C-21 - An Act to amend the Customs Act (Entry/Exit)

Bill C-21 sought to:

The bill was introduced on June 15, 2016. It received Royal Assent on December 13, 2018.

Bill C-23, An Act respecting the preclearance of persons and goods in Canada and the United States (Preclearance Act, 2016)

Bill C-23 sought to implement the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America, done at Washington on March 16, 2015, to provide for the preclearance in each country of travellers and goods bound for the other country.

The bill was introduced on June 17, 2016, and received Royal Assent on December 12, 2017.

recent legislation not led by PUblic Safety but that has an impact on the portfolio

Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts.

Bill C-22 established the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and set out its composition and mandate. In addition, it established the Committee’s Secretariat, the role of which is to assist the Committee in fulfilling its mandate.

The bill was introduced by the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons on June 16, 2016, and received Royal Assent on June 22, 2017.

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