The main changes S-228 would make, in plain reading order.
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to clarify that a sterilization procedure is an act that wounds or maims a person for the purposes of subsection 268(1).
What MPs said
The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.
Jamie Schmale · Conservative
Sponsor’s speech, February 26, 2026 (House)
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Jaime Battiste · Liberal
Response speech, February 26, 2026 (House)
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Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay · Bloc Québécois
Response speech, February 26, 2026 (House)
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David Mark Wells · Conservative
Response speech, June 16, 2025 (Senate)
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Yvonne Boyer · Independent Senators Group
Sponsor’s speech, June 10, 2025 (Senate)
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The path to law
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First reading
· Senate
Completed.
June 4, 2025
Second reading
· Senate
Completed.
June 16, 2025
Committee study
· Senate
Completed.
Completed
Third reading
· Senate
Completed.
October 2, 2025
First reading
· House of Commons
Completed.
November 18, 2025
Second reading
· House of Commons
Completed.
February 26, 2026
Committee study
· House of Commons
Completed.
Completed
Third reading
· House of Commons
Completed.
June 8, 2026
Royal assent
· Governor General
Completed.
June 15, 2026
Committee study
After second reading, a committee examines the bill clause by clause.
Who's lobbying on it
7 organizations named this bill in their lobbying registration or in
17 reported meetings. Their own words are quoted.
Ending Sexual Violence Association of Canada
7 meetings · registered to lobby on it · latest Sep 25, 2026
“…violence sector. Specific bills discussed are Bill C-16 (Protecting Victims Act), Bill S-228 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)) which would amend the Criminal Code, and Bill S-232 (An Act respecting non-disclosure agreements / Can’t…”
Survivor's Circle for Reproductive Justice
5 meetings · was registered on it · latest Feb 27, 2026
“Advocating for the passage of Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures).”
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN AND THE LAW
2 meetings · registered to lobby on it · latest May 19, 2026
“Amending Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)”
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
2 meetings · registered to lobby on it · latest May 12, 2026
“Bill S-228: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures): Provide SOGC's perspective on Bill S-228, particularly as it relates to the impact of potential…”
Survivor's Circle for Reproductive Justice
1 meeting · was registered on it · latest Feb 25, 2026
“Advocating for the passage of Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures).”
National Council of Indigenous Midwives
registered to lobby on it · latest Aug 18, 2026
“Bill S-228 – Amendment to the Criminal Code on Forced Sterilization. NCIM communicated with Members of Parliament in support of Bill S-228, which proposes to criminalize forced…”
National Council of Indigenous Midwives
registered to lobby on it · latest Jun 2, 2026
“Bill S-228 – Amendment to the Criminal Code on Forced Sterilization. NCIM communicated with Members of Parliament in support of Bill S-228, which proposes to criminalize forced…”
MPs lobbied about it
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