C-51 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
Short title:
Anti-terrorism Act, 2015
Bill type
House Government Bill
This bill received royal assent on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Statutes of Canada 2015, c. 20
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Friday, January 30, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, January 30, 2015 |
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Monday, February 23, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
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Monday, February 23, 2015 |
Sitting 177
Agreed to
(Vote 338)
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented with amendments, Thursday, April 2, 2015
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Minutes |
|---|---|
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
Meeting 53 |
Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
Meeting 54 |
Thursday, March 12, 2015 |
Meeting 55 |
Monday, March 23, 2015 |
Meeting 56 |
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
Meeting 57 |
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
Meeting 58 |
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 |
Meeting 59 |
Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
Meeting 60 |
Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
Meeting 61 |
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
Meeting 62 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Monday, May 4, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, April 24, 2015 |
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Monday, May 4, 2015 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 |
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 |
Sitting 208
Agreed to
(Vote 395)
|
Senate
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Monday, March 30, 2015 |
Meeting 33 |
Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
Meeting 34 |
Monday, April 20, 2015 |
Meeting 35 |
Thursday, April 23, 2015 |
Meeting 36 |
Monday, April 27, 2015 |
Meeting 37 |
Monday, May 25, 2015 |
Meeting 40 |
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
Meeting 41 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
Sitting 126
Pre-study of House bill
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End of stage activity
First reading, Thursday, May 7, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, May 7, 2015 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Thursday, May 14, 2015
Referral to committee, Thursday, May 14, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, Wednesday, May 27, 2015
with observations
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 |
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015 |
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
Vote 336 — Thursday, February 19, 2015
- Result:
- Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 132
- Nays:
- 111
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 243
Vote 337 — Monday, February 23, 2015
- Result:
- Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (reasoned amendment)
- Yeas:
- 87
- Nays:
- 176
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 263
Vote 338 — Monday, February 23, 2015
- Result:
- Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 176
- Nays:
- 87
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 263
Vote 389 — Thursday, April 30, 2015
- Result:
- Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 134
- Nays:
- 104
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 238
Vote 391 — Monday, May 4, 2015
- Result:
- Negatived
Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (report stage amendment)
- Yeas:
- 79
- Nays:
- 169
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 248
Vote 392 — Monday, May 4, 2015
- Result:
- Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 169
- Nays:
- 79
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 248
Vote 394 — Wednesday, May 6, 2015
- Result:
- Negatived
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (reasoned amendment)
- Yeas:
- 95
- Nays:
- 183
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 278
Vote 395 — Wednesday, May 6, 2015
- Result:
- Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-51, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 183
- Nays:
- 96
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 279
Senate
To view the complete list of standing votes that have taken place in the Senate, please refer to the Votes page of the Senate of Canada website.Speaker's rulings and statements
House of Commons
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
| Monday, March 23, 2015 | Sitting 187 |
Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 174) | Steven Blaney (Conservative) |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | Response speech(Sitting 174) | Thomas J. Mulcair (NDP) |
| Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | Response speech(Sitting 174) | Justin Trudeau (Liberal) |
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | Senator |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 13, 2015 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 141) | Bob Runciman (Conservative) |
| Thursday, May 14, 2015 | Response speech(Sitting 142) | Claudette Tardif (Liberal) |
About
Legislative summary
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Similar bills
No similar bills were introduced during previous sessions or Parliaments
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Further reading
2014 public report on the terrorist threat to Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario: Public Safety Canada.
American lessons for Bill C-51.
Penney, Jon.
Policy options, 36(3):36-9
Bill C-51 : a threat to the rule of law?.
Ryan Patrick Alford.
National journal of constitutional law, 36(1):113-139
Blanket securty.
Kent Roach and Craig Forcese.
Literary review of Canada, 24(10):22-24
C-51 : an analysis without the hype or hysteria.
Newark, Scott.
Inside policy : the magazine of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 1:11-15
Canada’s anti-terrorism bill : let feardom ring.
Economist, 414:XXX
Chief justice shows where line is drawn.
Schmitz, Cristin.
Lawyers weekly, 35:1
Counter-terrorism legal training curriculum. Module 4, Human rights and criminal justice responses to terrorism.
New York : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
220 p .(1 online resource)
Criminalizing terrorist babble : Canada's dubious new terrorist speech crime.
Forcese, Craig and Kent Roach.
Alberta Law Review, 53(1):35-84
Editorial - Repealing C-51's problematic aspects is not enough.
Kent Roach.
Criminal law quarterly, 64 (1&2):1-4
Intelligence agencies : spies and lies.
Economist 415
Judge rips CSIS over data cache.
Cristin Schmitz.
Lawyers weekly, 36(27):1,2
Justice minister's blogs reveal her views on major legal issues : sun appears to be setting on Harper's 'tough on crime' agenda.
Schmitz, Cristin.
Lawyers Weekly, 35(27):1, 2
L'État de surveillance.
de Grandpré.
National, 24(3):10-18
La législation française en matière de terrorisme.
Cassuto, Thomas.
Cahiers français, 395:39-43
No evidence? : no problem.
Matthew Behrens.
CCPA monitor, 23(6):37-40
Numérique : les failles de la loi sur le renseignement [en France].
Castelluccia, Claude et Daniel Le Métayer.
La Recherche, 505:61-5
Of warrants and watchers : the snoopers' charter.
Economist, (418)8973:50-1
Parliamentary and judicial implications of Americanizing Canada's counter-terrorism initiatives.
Amanda DiPaolo and Jamie Gillies.
Journal of parliamentary and political law, 11(1):21-39
Programme de formation juridique contre le terrorisme. Module 4, Les droits de l'homme et les réponses de la justice pénale au terrorisme.
New York : Office des Nations Unies contre la drogue et le crime.
220 p. (1 ressource en ligne)
Rapport public de 2014 sur la menace terroriste pour le Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario : Sécurité publique Canada.
Secrecy, security and digital literacy in an era of meta-data : why the Canadian Westminster model falls short.
Roy, Jeffrey.
Intelligence and national security, 31(1):95-117
Shaken and stirred.
Edward Carr.
Economist, 421(9015):1-12
Staying left of bang : reforming Canada's approach to anti-terrorism investigation.
Craig Forcese.
Criminal law quarterly, 64(3 & 4):487-508
Stop the spying, says [Kitchenuhmaykoosib] chief.
Narine, Shari.
Windspeaker, 33(2):6
Tall order for vet [Ralph] Goodale in revamping bill.
Schmitz, Cristin.
Lawyers Weekly, 35(27):1, 5
The new threat threshold.
Kyle Curlew.
Briarpatch, 45(5):4-7
The state of surveillance.
de Grandpré, Hugo.
National, 24(3):10-18
The use of the Internet for terrorist purposes.
New York: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
142 p. (1 PDF file)
Two tales of two rights : R. v. Spencer and the bridging of privacy and free speech.
David M. Tortell.
National journal of constitutional law, 36(2):253-285