Bill C-5 (Historical)

Keeping Canadians Safe (International Transfer of Offenders) Act

An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Vic Toews Conservative

Status

Report stage (House), as of Feb. 7, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the International Transfer of Offenders Act to provide that one of the purposes of that Act is to enhance public safety and to modify the list of factors that the Minister shall consider in deciding whether to consent to the transfer of a Canadian offender.

Similar bills

C-10 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Law Safe Streets and Communities Act

C-59 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) Keeping Canadians Safe Act (International Transfer of Offenders)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-5s:

C-5 (2025) Law One Canadian Economy Act

C-5 (2021) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

C-5 (2020) Law An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation)

C-5 (2020) An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code

Votes

Sept. 27, 2010 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Oct. 20, 2010

Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Michel Laprade, Senior Counsel, Legal Services, Correctional Service Canada

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 15, 2010

Charis Lynn Williams, As an Individual
John Conroy, Lawyer, As an Individual
Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
Paul Calarco, Member, National Criminal Justice Section, Canadian Bar Association
Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Lorne Waldman, Lawyer, Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Feb. 3, 2011

Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Michel Laprade, Senior Counsel, Legal Services, Correctional Service of Canada
Mike MacPherson, Procedural Clerk