C-32 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session October 16, 2013, to August 2, 2015

An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts
Short title: Victims Bill of Rights Act
This bill received royal assent on April 23, 2015

Statutes of Canada 2015, c. 13

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, April 3, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 3, 2014
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, June 20, 2014
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 9, 2014
Sitting 72
Major speeches
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May 27, 2014
June 3, 2014
June 6, 2014
June 13, 2014
June 20, 2014
Sitting 108
Agreed to (Journals 108)
2nd reading and referral to committee - JUST
End of stage activity
Committee report presented with amendments, December 3, 2014
Committee meetings
Meeting date Minutes
October 9, 2014
Meeting 46
October 21, 2014
Meeting 47
October 28, 2014
Meeting 48
October 30, 2014
Meeting 49
November 4, 2014
Meeting 50
November 6, 2014
Meeting 51
November 18, 2014
Meeting 52
November 25, 2014
Meeting 54
December 2, 2014
Meeting 56
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 3, 2014
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, February 4, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 10, 2014
December 11, 2014
February 4, 2015
End of stage activity
Third reading, February 23, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
February 20, 2015
February 23, 2015
Sitting 177
Agreed to (Vote 339)
3rd reading
End of stage activity
First reading, February 24, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
February 24, 2015
End of stage activities
Second reading, March 24, 2015
Referral to committee, March 24, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
February 26, 2015
Sitting 122
Major speeches
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March 24, 2015
Sitting 126
Major speeches
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, April 2, 2015
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
March 25, 2015
Meeting 64
March 26, 2015
Meeting 65
April 1, 2015
Meeting 66
April 2, 2015
Meeting 67
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 2, 2015
End of stage activity
Third reading, April 22, 2015
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
April 21, 2015
April 22, 2015

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 220 — June 18, 2014
Result:
Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-32, An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts
Yeas:
137
Nays:
105
Paired:
0
Total:
242
Vote 321 — February 4, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-32, An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts
Yeas:
141
Nays:
115
Paired:
0
Total:
256
Vote 322 — February 4, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-32, An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts
Yeas:
273
Nays:
0
Paired:
0
Total:
273
Vote 339 — February 23, 2015
Result:
Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-32, An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts
Yeas:
263
Nays:
0
Paired:
0
Total:
263

Senate

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Major speeches at second reading

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
April 9, 2014 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 72) Peter Gordon MacKay (Conservative)
April 9, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 72) Françoise Boivin (NDP)
April 9, 2014 Response speech(Sitting 72) Irwin Cotler (Liberal)

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
February 26, 2015 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 122) Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu (Conservative)
March 24, 2015 Response speech(Sitting 126) Joan Fraser (Liberal)

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