| An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years) | |
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| Parliament of Canada | |
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| Citation | SC 2010, c 3 |
| Territorial extent | Canada |
| Enacted by | Parliament of Canada |
| Enacted | June 29, 2010 |
| Legislative history | |
| First reading | January 29, 2009 |
| Second reading | April 22, 2009 |
| Third reading | September 30, 2009 |
| First reading | March 4, 2010 |
| Second reading | April 21, 2010 |
| Third reading | June 17, 2010 |
| Summary | |
| Specifies a mandatory sentencing of five years' imprisonment for those charged with the trafficking of children | |
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| Human trafficking | |
| Status: In force | |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years)[1] (French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel (peine minimale pour les infractions de traite de personnes âgées de moins de dixhuit ans)) was a private member's bill that was enacted on June 29, 2010, by the 40th Canadian Parliament.[2] Until that time, no other private member's bill had passed since the 2008 Canadian federal election.[3] The bill that led to the Act, Bill C-268, was sponsoredbyJoy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan—St. Paul.[4] The act established a mandatory sentencing of five years' imprisonment for those charged with the trafficking of children within Canada.[5]
Before the bill was passed, there was already a maximum sentence for trafficking children in the country, but there was no minimum sentence.[6] A previous attempt to have the bill passed had failed because of prorogation.[7] At the first and second readings, the Bloc Québécois was the only political party that opposed the bill.[8]
Anti-pornography activist Judy Nuttall had tried to get the bill passed before the 2010 Winter Olympics; she said that poor children commonly become sexual slaves at internationally attended events such as the Olympic Games.[9] Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Ron Evans also supported the bill before it was passed, saying, "Bill C-268 is one step forward for the First Nations women and children of Canada."[10]
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