C-2 , 38th Parliament, 1st session Monday, October 4, 2004, to Tuesday, November 29, 2005
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act
This bill received royal assent on Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Statutes of Canada 2005, c. 32
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Friday, October 8, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, October 8, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Referral to committee before second reading, Monday, October 18, 2004
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
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Monday, October 18, 2004 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Monday, June 6, 2005
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Minutes |
|---|---|
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
Meeting 22 |
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 |
Meeting 24 |
Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
Meeting 26 |
Tuesday, April 5, 2005 |
Meeting 27 |
Thursday, April 7, 2005 |
Meeting 29 |
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
Meeting 31 |
Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
Meeting 32 |
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 |
Meeting 33 |
Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
Meeting 34 |
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 |
Meeting 35 |
Thursday, June 2, 2005 |
Meeting 42 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Monday, June 6, 2005 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage and second reading, Thursday, June 9, 2005
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, June 9, 2005 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Thursday, June 9, 2005
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, June 9, 2005 |
Sitting 112
Agreed to
(Journals 112)
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Senate
End of stage activity
First reading, Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Monday, June 20, 2005
Referral to committee, Monday, June 20, 2005
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Monday, June 20, 2005 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Monday, July 18, 2005
With observations
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
Meeting 36 |
Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
Meeting 37 |
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
Meeting 38 |
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
Meeting 39 |
Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
Meeting 40 |
Thursday, July 7, 2005 |
Meeting 41 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Monday, July 18, 2005 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
Vote 1 — Monday, October 18, 2004
- Result:
- Agreed To
Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act (referral to a committee before second reading)
- Yeas:
- 207
- Nays:
- 93
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 300
Senate
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There are currently no Speaker's rulings and statements.
Major speeches at second reading
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, June 20, 2005 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 73) | |
| Monday, June 20, 2005 | Response speech(Sitting 73) |
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Further reading
Child pornography and freedom of expression.
Storrow, Marvin R.V.
The Advocate, 64:625-44
Child pornography and freedom of expression in Canada and the U.S.A.
Storrow, Marvin R.V. and Roy Millen.
The Advocate, 61:825-46
Child pornography in Canada and United States: the myth of right answers.
Johnson, Travis.
Dalhousie law journal, 29:375-411
Children in pornography after Sharpe.
Benedet, Janine.
Les cahiers de droit, 43:327-50
Drawing the line : Ottawa rejects demand 16 be the age of consent.
Driedger, Sharon Doyle.
Maclean's, 115:106, 108
Eradicating pedophilia : toward the humanization of society.
O'Grady, Ron.
Journal of international affairs, 55:123-40
Haro sur le porno.
Cordelier, Jérôme.
Le Point, no 1574:42-6
Inverting image and reality : R. v. Sharpe and the moral panic around child pornography.
Gotell, Lise.
Constitutional forum, 12:9-22
Majeur ou pas majeur?.
L'Actualité, 28:13
Oppression of children intellectualized as free expression under the Canadian Charter: a reanalysis of the Sharpe possession of child pornography case.
Grover, Sonja.
International journal of Children's rights, 11:311-31
Pedophilia and the culture wars.
Zuriff, G.E..
Public interest, 138:29-39
Porn law changes, barely: minimum sentence remains mild, the age of consent 14, but 'free expression' is limited somewhat..
Stock, Peter.
The Report, 30:31
Profils des consommateurs de pornographie juvénile arrêtés au Québec : l'explorateur, le pervers et le polymorphe.
Fortin, Francis et Julie Roy.
Criminologie, 39:107-28
R. v. Sharpe and private possession of child pornography.
Ross, June.
Constitutional forum, 11:50-9
Senators rubber stamp child porn bill.
Francoli, Paco.
The Hill Times, no. 795;11
Sentences for offences involving child pornography.
Gillespie, Alisdair A..
Criminal law review, pp. 81-92
The hare and the tortoise: dangerousness and sex offender policy in the United States and Canada.
Petrunik, Michael.
Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice, 45:43-72
The harms of child pornography law.
Ryder, Bruce..
University of British Columbia law review, 36:101-35
The perverse law of child pornography.
Adler, Amy.
Columbia law review, 101:209-73
The Underground Web.
Sager, Ira.
Business Week, 66-72
Youth, pornography and the Internet.
Thornburgh, Dick and Herbert Lin.
Issues in science and technology, 20:43-8