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Crime

    >>Categories, 4472
    >>Costs, studies, etc., 7635-7, 7639-40
    >>Economic and social conditions, relationship, 6805, 6866, 9616
    >>Government attitude, tough on crime, 5040-1, 5044-5
    >>>Petitions, 7432, 7891
    >>Liberal government (Chrétien) position see Justice system--Liberal government (Chrétien) position
    >>Organized crime
    >>>$1000 banknotes, utilizing, 10018, 10024
    >>>Counterfeiting, involvement, 10018
    >>>Definition, elements, phases, 10015-6, 10018
    >>>>See also Gangs--Motorcycle gangs, Criminal organization
    >>>Forum hosted by Justice Minister Rock and Solicitor General Gray, September 1996, o.q., 5110
    >>>Income generated $20 billion annually, 10018
    >>>International, 3983
    >>>Investigation, prosecution, difficulty, 9975, 10015, 10019
    >>>Strategy re seizure of assets, money laundering, etc., 6865
    >>>Underground economy, relationship, 10018
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organization)(Bill C-203); Gangs--Motorcyle gangs; Witness Protection Program--Need for
    >>Outside Canada, committed by Canadians, prosecuting in Canada, 95
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--offence committed outside Canada)(Bill C-206); Child sex abuse/assault/exploitation--Outside Canada
    >>Police statistics on visible minorities, prohibited, 2539
    >>Proceeds of
    >>>Authorship, profits, prohibiting, 94, 2840-9, 3232-41, 4655-61
    >>>>Legislation, Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205)
    >>>>>Petitions, 3141, 3263-4, 3387, 3566, 3641, 3720-3, 3781, 3876, 3934, 3990, 4087-9, 4158-60, 4235-6, 4266, 4348-51, 4447, 4461, 4507, 4570-1, 4591, 4677-8, 4870, 4900, 4996, 5117-8, 5174, 5485, 5644-5, 6013, 6067, 6194, 6326, 6378, 6966, 7090, 7394, 7586, 7723, 7748, 8453, 8844, 8956, 9333
    >>>>>See also Criminal Code and Copyright Act (amdt.--profit from authorship respecting a crime)(Bill C-205)
    >>>Legislation, strengthening, 3542, 9619
    >>>Money laundering, 10016, 10023-4
    >>>>Bank transactions over $10,000, suspicious, requiring reporting of, 10018, 10024
    >>>>Offence, 3540, 9620, 10010
    >>>See also Gangs--Motorcycle gangs, Proceeds of crime
    >>Profits from, petition, 8694
    >>Rate
    >>>Decline, violent offences, sexual assault, etc., 1137, 4588-9, 5066, 5077, 5079, 6016, 6245, 8823-4, 8827, 8863, 9680
    >>>>Liberal government (Chrétien) responsibility, 6734, 9616-7, 9705
    >>>>>o.q., 6193
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 5107
    >>>Increase, violent offences, etc., 1606, 3545, 4273, 4600, 4605-6, 5048-50, 5052. 5079, 6231, 6847-8, 7636, 7641, 7643, 8863-4, 9404, 9458-60, 9664, 9667
    >>>>S.O. 31, 3253
    >>>Reform Party misrepresenting, 8823-4, 8863
    >>>>S.O. 31, 4627
    >>>Social program cutbacks, relationship, 6234-5
    >>>United States, comparison, 5000
    >>>>See also Penitentiaries--Inmates, Incarceration
    >>>Western Saskatchewan, high rate, federal and provincial representatives, relationship, 9459
    >>>See also Capital punishment--Abolished in 1976; Corporal punishment--Abolished in 1976; Young offenders
    >>Reducing, punishment/rehabilitation of offenders, effectiveness, European/United States models, etc., 2074, 2077, 2085-7, 2094-7, 7636
    >>>New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton example, 2095, 5007
    >>Unreported crimes, 6231
    >>Victims see Victims of crime
    >>See also Canadian Armed Forces--Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995); Gun control/guns--Crimes--Legislation; Senators

Crime prevention

    >>Bramalea--Gore--Malton constituency initiative, S.O. 31, 6741
    >>Brandon Police Service schools program, S.O. 31, 1242
    >>Canada Safety Council national community safety and crime prevention campaign, S.O. 31, 6002
    >>Community involvement, importance, 2055-6, 9675-6
    >>Community policing, school projects, etc., 7633
    >>>S.O. 31, 233
    >>Etobicoke Crime Prevention Association, S.O. 31, 7961
    >>Expenditures, 1% of justice system budget goal, o.q., 3425
    >>Families, strengthening, children at risk, schools role, etc., 2056, 2079-81, 3888, 9398, 9676, 9714-5, 9718-9
    >>>o.q., 6449-50
    >>>Reform Party policies, 6849
    >>>S.O. 31, 6056
    >>>See also Young offenders--Crime prevention
    >>Government commitment, o.q., 3424-5
    >>Home security systems, role, increase, 6847, 6866
    >>International Centre on the Prevention of Crime conference, Vancouver, B.C., recommendations, government response, o.q., 3424-5
    >>National Crime Prevention Council, establishment, role, 1391, 2056, 2080-1, 5075, 6865, 7633
    >>>o.q., 3425, 6450
    >>>S.O. 31, 6741, 7961
    >>National strategy, 2056
    >>Partners for Youth, Eastglen High School, Edmonton, Alta., S.O. 31, 6361
    >>Role, importance, 6867, 7633, 8827
    >>>o.q., 3315
    >>Social development, role, 2055-7, 2074
    >>Waterloo Region Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council report, S.O. 31, 6483
    >>See also Child prostitution; Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Legislation; Family violence--Prevention; Gun control/guns; Penitentiaries--Inmates, Incarceration; Victims of crime--Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee report; Young offenders

Crime Victims Compensation Act (Quebec) see Victims of crime--Compensation

Crimes against humanity

    >>Definition, London Charter of 1945, 1852-3
    >>Examples, 1870
    >>United Nations, role, 1866-7
    >>See also Genocide

Criminal Code

    >>Abuse of process, Senate legislation, Criminal Code (amdt.--abuse of process)(Bill S-4), 9365
    >>Children, defining as under 18 years of age, 10041, 10237
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-443)
    >>Legislation, Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27), 5041, 6865
    >>>Bloc Québécois position, 9641-3
    >>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee amendments, 9639-41
    >>>Omnibus bill, window dressing, etc., 9410
    >>>Reform Party position, 3543, 3584, 3586, 9644, 9662, 9664, 9674
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)
    >>Part XXIV see Dangerous offenders--Sex offenders
    >>Section 43 see Children--Corporal punishment
    >>Section 241 see Suicide--Assisted suicide
    >>Section 335 see Joy riding
    >>Section 690 see Justice system--Wrongful conviction claims
    >>Section 735 see Victims of crime--Victim impact statements
    >>Section 745 see Parole--Murderers
    >>See also Canada Evidence Act, Criminal Code and Canadian Human Rights Act (amdt.--persons with disabilities)(Bill C-98); Casinos--St. Lawrence River cruise ships; Child prostitution--Child sex tourism--Criminal Code provisions; Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation; Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-254); Criminal law--Legislation; Criminal Law Improvement Act, 1996 (Bill C-17); DNA Identification Act (Bill C-94); Family--Safety; Female genital mutilation (excision)--Prohibiting; Firearms Act Repeal and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-399);e Hate propaganda; Impaired driving; Justice system--Witnesses; Obscenity; Police dogs--Protecting; Prostitution--Criminal Code amendments--Street prostitution; Same-sex couples--Spousal status; Scrutiny of Regulations Standing Joint Committee; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act, Unlawful activity; Stalking--Criminal harassment; Statutes of Canada--Enforcement; Victims of crime--Compensation--Rights--Victim fine surcharge--Victim impact statements; Violence--Women; Violent offences; Young Offenders Act (amdt.) and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-226)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234)

Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-234)--Nunziata

    >>First reading, 567
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 567
    >>Second reading, 7424-31, division deferred, 7431, negatived on recorded division, 7494-5
    >>See also Parole--Murderers

Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-303)--Mitchell

    >>First reading, 3719-20
    >>See also Victims of crime--Rights

Criminal Code (amdt.--abuse of process)(Bill S-4) see Criminal Code--Abuse of process

Criminal Code (amdt.--aiding suicide)(Bill C-304)--Robinson

    >>First reading, 3720
    >>Second reading, 8756-62, dropped from Order Paper, 8763
    >>See also Suicide--Assisted suicide

Criminal Code (amdt.--arrest of those in breach of condition of parole or statutory or temporary release)(Bill C-379)--R. White

    >>First reading, 8662
    >>See also Parole--Violations of parole or statutory release

Criminal Code (amdt--arrest without warrant)(Bill C-224)--Thompson

    >>First reading, 366
    >>Second reading, 3275-84
    >>>Dropped from Order Paper, 3284
    >>See also Parole--Violations

Criminal Code (amdt.--chemical neutralization of pedophiles)(Bill C-360)--J. Brown

    >>First reading, 7088-9
    >>See also Child sexual abuse/assault/expolitation--Sex offenders/pedophiles

Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 1625
    >>Second reading, 3545-53, 3569-89
    >>>Agreed to, 3589
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>>Referral, 3589
    >>>>Reported, with amdts., 7109
    >>Report stage, 9405-10, 9418-9, 9456-8
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(C. Gagnon), 9406, negatived, on recorded division, 9456-7
    >>>Concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 9557-8
    >>Third reading, 9639-44, 9659-81
    >>>Agreed to, 9681, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 16. S.C. 1997
    >>See also Child prostitution--Child sex tourism--Criminal Code provisions; Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Outside Canada by Canadian residents; Criminal Code--Legislation; Female genital mutilation (excision)--Prohibiting; Stalking--Criminal harassment; Violence--Women and children

Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-119)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.) see Female genital mutilation (excision)--Prohibiting

Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organization)(Bill C-203)--Ménard

    >>First reading, 94
    >>Second reading, 2335-42
    >>See also Gangs--Motorcycle gangs

Criminal Code (amdt.--criminal organizations)(Bill C-95)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 9845
    >>Second reading, 9902-5, 9955-9, 9968
    >>>Agreed to, 9905, restored to Order Paper for second reading debate, by unanimous consent, 9907,
    >>>Agreed to 9968
    >>Committee of the Whole
    >>>Referral, 9968
    >>>Committee stage, 9968-84, 10000-12
    >>>>Clause 1
    >>>>>Amdt. (Ramsay), negatived, on division, 10010
    >>>>Agreed to, on division, 10010
    >>>>Clauses 2-14, agreed to, on division, 10011
    >>>>Clause 15
    >>>>>Amdts. (Kirkby), agreed to, on division, 10011
    >>>>>Agreed to, on division, 10011
    >>>>Clauses 16-28, agreed to, on division, 10012
    >>>>Preamble, agreed to, 10012
    >>>>Title, agreed to, 10012
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 10012
    >>Report stage, concurrence, as amended, agreed to, 10012
    >>Third reading, 10012-24
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 10024, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 23, S.C. 1997
    >>See also Gangs--Motorcycle gangs

Criminal Code (amdt.--dangerous offenders)(Bill C-295)--C. Axworthy

    >>First reading, 3385
    >>See also Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Sex offenders, Categories

Criminal Code (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-443)--Harb

Criminal Code (amdt.--gaming and betting)(Bill C-369)--Guimond

    >>First reading, 7891
    >>Second reading, 9351-9
    >>See also Casinos--St. Lawrence River cruise ships

Criminal Code (amdt.--genital mutilation of female persons)(Bill C-235)--C. Gagnon

    >>First reading, 567
    >>Deemed read a second time and referred to Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, 567
    >>See also Female genital mutilation (excision)--Prohibiting

Criminal Code (amdt.--genital mutilation of female persons)(Bill C-277)(1st Sess., 35th Parl.)

    >>Reinstated as Criminal Code (amdt.--genital mutilation of female persons) (Bill C-235)

Criminal Code (amdt.--hate propaganda)(Bill C-256)--Milliken

    >>First reading, 1427
    >>See also Hate propaganda--Criminal Code provision

Criminal Code (amdt.--human being)(Bill C-208)--Wappel

    >>First reading, 95
    >>See also Abortion--Unborn child

Criminal Code (amdt.--Internet lotteries)(Bill C-353)--D. Mills

    >>First reading, 6669
    >>Second reading, 8111-9
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 8119
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee referral, 8119
    >>See also Lotteries--Internet lotteries

Criminal Code (amdt.--joy riding)(Bill C-366)--Strahl

    >>First reading, 7523
    >>See also Joy riding

Criminal Code (amdt.--judicial review of parole ineligibility)(Bill C-45)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 3640
    >>Second reading, 3855-62, 3877-88, 3901-16, 3935
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 4047-8
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 4048
    >>>Reported, without amdt., 4082
    >>Report stage, 4211-8, 4241-63, 4268-96
    >>>Motions
    >>>>(Langlois), 4211-3, negatived, on recorded division, 4410-1
    >>>>(Milliken), 4212-3, negatived, on recorded division, 4411-2
    >>>Concurrence, agreed to, on recorded division, 4412-3
    >>Third reading, 4462-78, 4539-48, 4572-89, 4592-623, 4636-9, 4998-510
    >>>Amdt., six months` hence (Langlois), 4467-8, negatived, on recorded division, 4696-7
    >>>Time allocation under S.O. 78(3), notice, 4956-7
    >>>>M. (Gagliano), agreed to, on recorded division, 4996-8
    >>>Agreed to, on recorded division, 5009-10
    >>Senate passage, 7545
    >>Royal Assent, 7545. Chap. 34, S.C. 1996
    >>See also Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Legislation; Parole--Murderers

Criminal Code (amdt.--mines)(Bill C-252)--K. Martin

    >>First reading, 1329
    >>See also Defence equipment--Land mines

Criminal Code (amdt.--no early parole for those who murder a peace officer)(Bill C-344)--Chamberlain

    >>First reading, 5891
    >>See also Parole--Murderers, Police officers

Criminal Code (amdt.--no parole when imprisoned for life)(Bill C-272)--Hanger

    >>First reading, 1898
    >>See also Parole--Life sentences

Criminal Code (amdt.--offence committed outside Canada)(Bill C-206)--Wappel

    >>First reading, 95
    >>See also Crime--Outside Canada

Criminal Code (amdt.--operation while impaired)(Bill C-201)--Harris

    >>First reading, 93-4
    >>Second reading, 946-54, 2915-24, 4479-84
    >>>Dropped to bottom of Order Paper, 954, 2924
    >>>Negatived, on recorded division, 4653-4
    >>See also Impaired driving--Deaths caused

Criminal Code (amdt.--penalties for sexual offences involving children)(Bill C-391)--Finlay

    >>First reading, 9225
    >>See also Child abuse--Forcible confinement; Child pornography--Internet publication, distribution; Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Sentences;

Criminal Code (amdt.--probation order)(Bill C-386)--Abbott

    >>First reading, 9088
    >>See also Sentences (convicted criminals)--Probation

Criminal Code (amdt.--production of records in sexual offence proceedings)(Bill C-46)--Minister of Justice (Rock)

    >>First reading, 3719
    >>Second reading, 7649-51, 7663-81, 9359-73, 9389-405
    >>>Agreed to, 9405
    >>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee
    >>>Referral, 9405
    >>>Reported, with amdts., 9609
    >>Report stage, concurrence, agreed to, 9848
    >>Third reading, 9848-54
    >>>Agreed to, on division, 9854, passed.
    >>Royal Assent, 10252. Chap. 30. S.C. 1997
    >>See also Sexual assault/offences--Accused access to medical and therapeutic records

Criminal Code (amdt.--prohibited sexual acts)(Bill C-291)--Hanger

    >>First reading, 3263
    >>See also Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--Age of consent

Criminal Code (amdt.--prohibiting certain offenders from changing their name)(Bill C-403)--R. White

    >>First reading, 9657
    >>See also Criminals--Names

Criminal Code (amdt.--prostitution)(Bill C-248)--Forseth

    >>First reading, 1296
    >>See also Prostitution--Penalties

Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of child before birth)(Bill C-372)--K. Martin

    >>First reading, 8315
    >>See also Children--Pregnant mother`s drug/alcohol abuse