Legislation Updates
One of our commitments to you is keeping you up to date on legislation as it moves through Parliament and the Senate.
The following updates will be helpful in your efforts to keep in touch with your Members of Parliament and Senators.
Please remember that while legislation is on the move through 1st, 2nd and 3rd reading (and on in to the Senate), our elected representatives and Senators need to hear from you on a regular basis with reminders of your support (or opposition) to the bills they have before them.
Government’s Prostitution Bill - Bill C 36 (Learn more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-36/)
This legislation is the Government's answer to the Supreme Court's decision declaring that Canada's prostitution law was unconstitutional, basically rendering Canada lawless.
Due to the timeline imposed upon the government by the Supreme Court and consistent with what the government has said, it is expected this bill will be in the Senate soon and receive Royal Assent and become law before year end.
The government needs to hear from you, so please tell them that we need laws to stop the negative influence of prostitution on this country. Please write and call to:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Phone: 613-992-4211
Email: [email protected]
Justice Minister Peter MacKay
Phone: 613-992-6022
Email: [email protected]
And of course you should also call or visit your own Member of Parliament, regardless of party affiliation.
(Visit our website to find your MP and get in touch here: http://www.familyaction.ca/contact-your-mp/)
Note: This bill passed Second Reading in June with only 139 in favour, 117 opposed. All CPC members supported the bill plus Quebec Independent MP Mourani. Liberal, NDP, and Green Party Members opposed the bill.
Tougher Penalties for Child Predators Act - Bill C-26 (learn more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-26/)
The Government has stated that preventing the sexual exploitation of children is a key priority and we feel this legislation is a great step in the right direction.
The legislation amends the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and brings into being the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act.
Bill C-26 includes:
1. Requiring those receiving separate sentences at the same time for contact child sexual offences against multiple children to serve their sentences consecutively - one right after the other - instead of them being combined like they are now.
2. Requiring those sentenced at the same time for child pornography offences and child sexual offences to serve their sentences consecutively.
3. The enactment of The High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act will establish a publicly accessible database that contains information that a police service or other public authority has previously made accessible to the public, with respect to persons who are found guilty of sexual offences against children and who pose a high risk of committing crimes of a sexual nature.
4. It amends the Canada Evidence Act to ensure that spouses of the accused are competent and compellable witnesses for the prosecution in child pornography cases.
5. It also amends the Sex Offender Information Registration Act to increase the reporting obligations of sex offenders who travel outside Canada.
Canada Family Action maintains the position that pedophiles must be separated from society and put in jail.
For some people this is controversial, but we know it is just common sense when it comes to the protection of our children.
Please share your expression of support for this bill with your Member of Parliament and let them know you appreciate what the Prime Minister has done to strengthen Child Pornography Laws.
(Visit our website to find your MP and get in touch here: http://www.familyaction.ca/contact-your-mp/)
Note: This is a victory for you as a Canada Family Action supporter, as we have been fighting to see something like this implemented for years. Thank you for your support in this success!
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity) – Bill C 279 (Learn more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-279/)
Bill C-279 has passed 1st, 2nd, & 3rd reading in the House of Commons and now is in the hands of the Senate.
Under the proposed legislation, male and female is no longer defined by physical anatomy, but rather, by one’s “gender identity” which means, an “individual’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex that the individual was assigned at birth.”
Please note that the above definition written into this bill is not restricted to those who’ve had sex-change surgery. The definition is broad enough to apply (as an example) to cross-dressing men, thus granting them all the special “rights” claimed under this bill.
Pro-family organizations have been lobbying to defeat C-279 for months. We worked to expose the societal harms of this bill which was dubbed ‘the Bathroom Bill’ by critics who understand that it would grant biological males the legal ‘right’ to enter female washrooms and change rooms.
Read more about our campaign and the potential dangers of this bill on our campaign page here: http://www.familyaction.ca/stop-279/
Thus far, most of the arguments against Bill C-279 have quite reasonably focused on the privacy and security rights of women and children in public washrooms, and the expectation of higher rates of bathroom attacks by sexual predators who may pose as cross-dressers.
As there have been at least three separate instances in this past year (one where 4 women were raped in two women's facilities), these are legitimate concerns and should continue to be mentioned when you contact your MP and Members of the Senate.
However, now that the bathroom/privacy argument has received fairly broad media coverage and has possibly been heard by many senators, perhaps it is necessary to also start speaking about the many other terrible adverse effects of passing Bill C-279.
They include:
1. The law is a teacher. As such, the definition of gender identity being enshrined in law will send the message to all society that being male or female depends on how you feel at any particular moment, and can change if your “feelings” change.
2. The moral authority granted to Gender Identity theory by the force of law, will mean that schools across Canada will be compelled to teach kids that their gender is not necessarily connected to their physical anatomy.
3. Militant transgender-activists will use the amended Human Rights Act and Criminal Code provisions against “hate speech” as a sword to attack Christian businesses, charities and churches. The latter will come under pressure to violate their religious convictions or else face ruinous legal fees.
4. Will cause undue economic hardships for business and government.
5. Taxpayers will eventually be forced to pay for sex-change surgeries.
As this bill is now in the hands of the Senate we encourage you to contact not only your MP to express your concerns but also the members of the Senate who will be reviewing this bill in the Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee.
Contact information for the current members of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee can be found here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenCommitteeBusiness/CommitteeHome.aspx?parl=41&ses=2&Language=E&comm_id=11
Visit our website to find your MP and get in touch here: http://www.familyaction.ca/contact-your-mp/
One of our commitments to you is keeping you up to date on legislation as it moves through Parliament and the Senate.
The following updates will be helpful in your efforts to keep in touch with your Members of Parliament and Senators.
Please remember that while legislation is on the move through 1st, 2nd and 3rd reading (and on in to the Senate), our elected representatives and Senators need to hear from you on a regular basis with reminders of your support (or opposition) to the bills they have before them.
Government’s Prostitution Bill - Bill C 36 (Learn more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-36/)
This legislation is the Government's answer to the Supreme Court's decision declaring that Canada's prostitution law was unconstitutional, basically rendering Canada lawless.
Due to the timeline imposed upon the government by the Supreme Court and consistent with what the government has said, it is expected this bill will be in the Senate soon and receive Royal Assent and become law before year end.
The government needs to hear from you, so please tell them that we need laws to stop the negative influence of prostitution on this country. Please write and call to:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Phone: 613-992-4211
Email: [email protected]
Justice Minister Peter MacKay
Phone: 613-992-6022
Email: [email protected]
And of course you should also call or visit your own Member of Parliament, regardless of party affiliation.
(Visit our website to find your MP and get in touch here: http://www.familyaction.ca/contact-your-mp/)
Note: This bill passed Second Reading in June with only 139 in favour, 117 opposed. All CPC members supported the bill plus Quebec Independent MP Mourani. Liberal, NDP, and Green Party Members opposed the bill.
Tougher Penalties for Child Predators Act - Bill C-26 (learn more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-26/)
The Government has stated that preventing the sexual exploitation of children is a key priority and we feel this legislation is a great step in the right direction.
The legislation amends the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and brings into being the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act.
Bill C-26 includes:
1. Requiring those receiving separate sentences at the same time for contact child sexual offences against multiple children to serve their sentences consecutively - one right after the other - instead of them being combined like they are now.
2. Requiring those sentenced at the same time for child pornography offences and child sexual offences to serve their sentences consecutively.
3. The enactment of The High Risk Child Sex Offender Database Act will establish a publicly accessible database that contains information that a police service or other public authority has previously made accessible to the public, with respect to persons who are found guilty of sexual offences against children and who pose a high risk of committing crimes of a sexual nature.
4. It amends the Canada Evidence Act to ensure that spouses of the accused are competent and compellable witnesses for the prosecution in child pornography cases.
5. It also amends the Sex Offender Information Registration Act to increase the reporting obligations of sex offenders who travel outside Canada.
Canada Family Action maintains the position that pedophiles must be separated from society and put in jail.
For some people this is controversial, but we know it is just common sense when it comes to the protection of our children.
Please share your expression of support for this bill with your Member of Parliament and let them know you appreciate what the Prime Minister has done to strengthen Child Pornography Laws.
(Visit our website to find your MP and get in touch here: http://www.familyaction.ca/contact-your-mp/)
Note: This is a victory for you as a Canada Family Action supporter, as we have been fighting to see something like this implemented for years. Thank you for your support in this success!
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity) – Bill C 279 (Learn more here: http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-279/)
Bill C-279 has passed 1st, 2nd, & 3rd reading in the House of Commons and now is in the hands of the Senate.
Under the proposed legislation, male and female is no longer defined by physical anatomy, but rather, by one’s “gender identity” which means, an “individual’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex that the individual was assigned at birth.”
Please note that the above definition written into this bill is not restricted to those who’ve had sex-change surgery. The definition is broad enough to apply (as an example) to cross-dressing men, thus granting them all the special “rights” claimed under this bill.
Pro-family organizations have been lobbying to defeat C-279 for months. We worked to expose the societal harms of this bill which was dubbed ‘the Bathroom Bill’ by critics who understand that it would grant biological males the legal ‘right’ to enter female washrooms and change rooms.
Read more about our campaign and the potential dangers of this bill on our campaign page here: http://www.familyaction.ca/stop-279/
Thus far, most of the arguments against Bill C-279 have quite reasonably focused on the privacy and security rights of women and children in public washrooms, and the expectation of higher rates of bathroom attacks by sexual predators who may pose as cross-dressers.
As there have been at least three separate instances in this past year (one where 4 women were raped in two women's facilities), these are legitimate concerns and should continue to be mentioned when you contact your MP and Members of the Senate.
However, now that the bathroom/privacy argument has received fairly broad media coverage and has possibly been heard by many senators, perhaps it is necessary to also start speaking about the many other terrible adverse effects of passing Bill C-279.
They include:
1. The law is a teacher. As such, the definition of gender identity being enshrined in law will send the message to all society that being male or female depends on how you feel at any particular moment, and can change if your “feelings” change.
2. The moral authority granted to Gender Identity theory by the force of law, will mean that schools across Canada will be compelled to teach kids that their gender is not necessarily connected to their physical anatomy.
3. Militant transgender-activists will use the amended Human Rights Act and Criminal Code provisions against “hate speech” as a sword to attack Christian businesses, charities and churches. The latter will come under pressure to violate their religious convictions or else face ruinous legal fees.
4. Will cause undue economic hardships for business and government.
5. Taxpayers will eventually be forced to pay for sex-change surgeries.
As this bill is now in the hands of the Senate we encourage you to contact not only your MP to express your concerns but also the members of the Senate who will be reviewing this bill in the Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee.
Contact information for the current members of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee can be found here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenCommitteeBusiness/CommitteeHome.aspx?parl=41&ses=2&Language=E&comm_id=11
Visit our website to find your MP and get in touch here: http://www.familyaction.ca/contact-your-mp/
