An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code
Sponsor:
Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour (St. John's South—Mount Pearl)
Proposed changes
On 26 November 2021, the Minister of Labour introduced Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.
Bill C-3 amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
create an offence of intimidating a person in order to impede them from obtaining health services, intimidating a health professional in order to impede them in the performance of their duties or intimidating a person who assists a health professional in order to impede the person in providing that assistance;
create an offence of obstructing or interfering with a person’s lawful access to a place at which health services are provided, subject to a defence of attending at the place for the purpose only of obtaining or communicating information; and
add the commission of an offence against a person who was providing health services and the commission of an offence that had the effect of impeding another person from obtaining health services as aggravating sentencing factors for any offence.
It also amends the Canada Labour Code to, among other things,
repeal the personal leave that an employee may take to treat their illness or injury;
provide that an employee may earn and take up to 10 days of medical leave of absence with pay in a calendar year; and
authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations to modify, in certain circumstances, the provisions respecting medical leave of absence with pay.
Committee study
After second reading, a examines the bill clause by clause.
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
(SOCI)
2 meetings
between December 8 and December 13, 2021
“…worker protections and leave entitlements, including areas previously addressed in Bill C-3. Engagements relate to the administration and potential future direction of relevant Canada Labour Code provisions.”
“…for issues related to paid medical leave arising from the amendments made by the former Bill C3, an Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code.”
“BILL C-3 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE CANADA LABOUR CODE, with respect to protecting health care workers and anyone seeking health care treatment from violence…”
“BILL C-3 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE CANADA LABOUR CODE, with respect to protecting health care workers and anyone seeking health care treatment from violence…”
“BILL C-3 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE CANADA LABOUR CODE, with respect to protecting health care workers and anyone seeking health care treatment from violence…”
“BILL C-3 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE CANADA LABOUR CODE, with respect to protecting health care workers and anyone seeking health care treatment from violence…”
“BILL C-3 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL CODE AND THE CANADA LABOUR CODE, with respect to protecting health care workers and anyone seeking health care treatment from violence…”
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What MPs said
The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.