Bill C-211
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First Session, Forty-third Parliament, 68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders)
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FIRST READING, February 20, 2020
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NOTE 2nd Session, 43rd Parliament This bill was introduced during the first session of the 43rd Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the first session. The number of the bill remains unchanged. |
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Mr. Doherty |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to consider the fact that the victim of an assault is a health care professional or a first responder to be an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of sentencing.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 43rd Parliament, 68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-211 |
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders) |
Preamble
Whereas there is an increasing number of incidents involving violence against health care professionals and first responders;
Whereas assaults on health care professionals and first responders have both a physical and a psychological impact;
And whereas health care professionals and first responders, who care for and protect others, deserve to feel protected and valued by the justice system;
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. C-46
Criminal Code
1 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 269.01:
Aggravating circumstance — assault against health care professionals and first responders
Start of inserted block269.02 When a court imposes a sentence for an offence referred to in paragraph 264.1(1)(a) or any of sections 266 to 269, it shall consider as an aggravating circumstance the fact that the victim of the offence was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a health care professional or a first responder engaged in the performance of their duty.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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