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S-241 Senate Public Bill

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (great apes, elephants and certain other animals)

Sponsor: Martin Klyne, Senator

Proposed changes

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create offences respecting great apes, elephants and certain other non-domesticated animals in captivity, including respecting captive breeding. It also amends the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act to require a permit for the import, export or interprovincial transportation and captive breeding of great apes, elephants and certain other non-domesticated animals.

What MPs said

The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.

  • Donald Neil Plett · Conservative

    Response speech, June 8, 2023 (Senate) · Read the transcript

  • Martin Klyne · Progressive Senate Group

    Sponsor’s speech, March 24, 2022 (Senate) · Read the transcript

Full debates and votes on OpenParliament.ca (an independent site)

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