C-10 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco)
Short title:
Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act
This bill received royal assent on Thursday, November 6, 2014
Statutes of Canada 2014, c. 23
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
Sitting 14
Agreed to
(Journals 14)
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented without an amendment, Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Minutes |
|---|---|
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 |
Meeting 8 |
Thursday, December 5, 2013 |
Meeting 9 |
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
Meeting 10 |
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
Meeting 12 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Friday, May 30, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, May 30, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Friday, May 30, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, May 30, 2014 |
Sitting 93
Agreed to
(Journals 93)
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Senate
End of stage activity
First reading, Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Referral to committee, Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, Thursday, September 25, 2014
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Thursday, September 18, 2014 |
Meeting 39 |
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
Meeting 40 |
Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
Meeting 41 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 |
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 |
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 |
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
There are currently no recorded votes for this bill.
Senate
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There are currently no Speaker's rulings and statements.
Major speeches at second reading
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | Senator |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, June 11, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 69) | Vernon White (Conservative) |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 74) | Jane Cordy (Liberal) |
About
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Further reading
Anti-contraband policy measures : evidence for better practice.
Sweeting, Jeff.
Toronto, Ont. : Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, 1 online resource (iv, 137 p. : ill.)
Border integrity, illicit tobacco, and Canada’s security.
Daudelin, Jean, Stephanie Soiffer & Jeff Willows..
Ottawa : Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 1 PDF file (41 p.)
Canada’s criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco trade.
Pamela D. Palmater.
The Lawyer's Daily
Contraband tobacco : inaction is not an option.
Kheiriddin, Tasha.
Policy options, 32:53-60
Les peines minimales obligatoires au Canada.
MacKay, Robin.
Ottawa : Bibliothèque du Parl. Service d'information et de recherche parlementaires no 2010-70F, 1 fichier HTML
Mandatory minimum sentencing in Canada.
MacKay, Robin.
Ottawa: Library of Parliament. Parliamentary Information and Research Service Hill Note No. 2010-70E, 1 HTML file
Problems, policies and politics : a comparative case study of contraband tobacco from the 1990s to the present in the Canadian context.
Schwartz, Robert Schwartz and Teela Johnson.
Journal of Public Health Policy, 31:342-354
Public attitudes to sentencing in Canada : exploring recent findings.
Roberts, Julian V., Nicole Crutcher & Paul Verbrugge.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 49: 75-107