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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,

69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-294
An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)

FIRST READING, May 7, 2021

Mr. Doherty

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Telecommunications Act to require the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to designate a three-digit phone number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.‍

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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament,

69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-294

An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1993, c. 38

Telecommunications Act

1The Telecommunications Act is amended by adding the following after section 46.‍1:

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46.‍11The Commission shall designate, within one year after the day on which this section comes into force, a three-digit number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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