Parliament of Canada

C-310 , 41st Parliament, 1st session Thursday, June 2, 2011, to Friday, September 13, 2013

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
Bill type
Private Member’s Bill
Sponsor
This bill received royal assent on Thursday, June 28, 2012

Statutes of Canada 2012, c. 15

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Monday, October 3, 2011
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, October 3, 2011
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Monday, December 12, 2011
Placed on the order of precedence on Monday, October 3, 2011
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Sitting 36
Major speeches
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Sitting 65
Agreed to (Journals 65)
2nd reading and referral to committee - JUST
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Monday, March 26, 2012
Committee report
Committee meetings
Meeting date Minutes
Thursday, March 15, 2012
 Meeting 27
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, March 26, 2012
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
End of stage activity
Third reading, Friday, April 27, 2012
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Friday, April 27, 2012
Sitting 112
Agreed to (Journals 112)
3rd reading
End of stage activity
First reading, Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
End of stage activities
Second reading, Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Referral to committee, Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sitting 75
Major speeches
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sitting 79
Major speeches
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Thursday, June 14, 2012
Committee reports
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
Thursday, June 7, 2012
 Meeting 48
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
 Meeting 49
Thursday, June 14, 2012
 Meeting 50
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, June 14, 2012
End of stage activity
Third reading, Friday, June 22, 2012
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, June 18, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 181 — Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Result:
Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-310, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)
Yeas:
283
Nays:
0
Paired:
0
Total:
283

Senate

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Speaker's rulings and statements

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Major speeches at second reading

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 36) Joy Smith (Conservative)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Response speech(Sitting 36) Pierre Jacob (NDP)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Response speech(Sitting 36) Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal)

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
Thursday, May 3, 2012 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 75) Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu (Conservative)
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Response speech(Sitting 79) Mobina S.B. Jaffer (Liberal)

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Further reading

Dimensions internationales du droit pénal interne : extraterritorialité et extradition. Barnett, Laura. Bibliothèque du Parlement. Publication no PRB 01-17F
From human trafficking to human rights : reframing contemporary slavery. Brysk, Alison, and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick (Eds.). University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012, vi, 268 p.
Human trafficking. Oxman-Martinez, Jacqueline, and Jill Hanley. Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux femmes, 2007, 83 p.
Human trafficking : exploring the international nature, concerns, and complexities. Winterdyk, John, Benjamin Perrin, and Philip Reichel. CRC Press, 2012, xi, 306 p.
Immigration and criminal law in the European Union : the legal measures and social consequences of criminal law in member states on trafficking and smuggling in human beings. Guild, Elspeth, and Paul Minderhoud (Eds.). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006, vi, 424 p.
International dimensions of domestic criminal law : extraterritoriality and extradition. Barnett, Laura. Library of Parliament. Publication no. PRB 01-17E
Invisible chains : Canada's underground world of human trafficking. Perrin, Benjamin. Viking Canada, 2010, xix, 298 p., [8] p. of plates
La traite des personnes. Barnett, Laura. Bibliothèque du Parlement. Étude générale no 2011-59-F
La traite des personnes. Oxman-Martinez, Jacqueline et Jill Hanley. Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux femmes, 2007, 83 p.
Prostitution et traite des êtres humains : enjeux nationaux et internationaux. Poulin, Richard, Mélanie Claude et Nicole LaViolette. Ottawa : L'Interligne, 2008, 296 p.
The international law of human trafficking. Gallagher, Anne T. Cambridge University Press, 2010, lviii, 535 p.
The international trafficking of human organs : a multidisciplinary perspective. Territo, Leonard, and Rande Matteson (Eds.). CRC Press, 2012, xxix, 255 p.
Trafficking in humans : social, cultural and political dimensions. Cameron, Sally, and Edward Newman (Eds.). United Nations University, 2008, 292 p.
Trafficking in persons. Barnett, Laura. Library of Parliament. Background Paper No. 2011-59-E
Trafficking in persons and human smuggling. Barnett, Laura, and Julie Béchard. Library of Parliament. Current and Emerging Issues for the 41st Parliament
Traite des personnes et passage de clandestins. Barnett, Laura, et Julie Béchard. Bibliothèque du Parlement. Enjeux courants et émergents pour la 41e législature
CBSA Criminal Investigations Program (IRPA) - Evaluation Study, Final Report (Canada Border Services Agency, December 2010)
Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (United Nations)
Global Reach, Local Grasp : Constructing Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in the Age of Globalization (Steve Coughlan, Robert J. Currie, Hugh M. Kindred and Teresa Scassa. Dalhousie Law School. Prepared for the Law Commission of Canada, 23 June 2006)
Human Trafficking - Bill C-310 (Joy Smith. Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul)
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling : Tools and Publications (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Human Trafficking in Canada (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, March 2010)
Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (Public Safety Canada, 2012)
Trafficking in Persons : An Overview of Trafficking in Persons and the Government of Canada's Efforts to Respond to this Crime : 2009-2010 (Department of Justice Canada)
Trafficking in Persons : Information Sheet for Law Enforcement (Department of Justice Canada)
Trafficking in Persons (Department of Justice Canada)
Trafficking in Persons Report (United States of America. Department of State, 2001- to present)
Traite des personnes (Estibaliz Jimenez. Dictionnaire de criminologie en ligne. Centre international de criminologie comparée. Université de Montréal)
Turning Outrage into Action to Address Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in Canada : Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (Parliament of Canada, February 2007)
UNODC on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
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