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Bill S-203 (Historical)

Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create offences respecting cetaceans in captivity. It also amends the Fisheries Act to prohibit the taking of a cetacean into captivity and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act to require a permit for the import of a cetacean into Canada and the export of a cetacean from Canada.

Similar bills

S-230 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act

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 S-203s:

S-203 (2025) Alcoholic Beverage Promotion Prohibition Act
S-203 (2021) Law Federal Framework on Autism Spectrum Disorder Act
S-203 (2020) Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act
S-203 (2019) An Act to amend the National Capital Act (buildings or works of national significance)

Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on March 18, 2019

  • Chair, Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)
  • Blaine Calkins, Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC
  • Ingrid Visser, Founder and Principal Scientist, Orca Research Trust, As an Individual
  • Murray Sinclair, Senator, Manitoba, ISG
  • Adam Burns, Director General, Fisheries Resource Management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  • Joanne Klineberg
  • Carolina Caceres, Manager, International Biodiversity, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment
  • Hal Whitehead, Professor, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, As an Individual
  • Laura Graham, Director, WRG Conservation Foundation, As an Individual
  • Clinton Wright, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Aquariums, Ocean Wise
  • Andrew Burns, Legal Counsel, Marineland of Canada Inc.
  • Martin Haulena, Chief Veterinarian, Ocean Wise

Fisheries and Oceans Committee, on April 2, 2019

  • Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice