C-3House Government BillRoyal Assent ✓

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code

Hon. Seamus O'Regan

Latest completed stage: Royal Assent

Introduced 1738 days ago

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, (a) 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; (b) 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 (c) 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, (a) repeal the personal leave that an employee may take to treat their illness or injury; (b) provide that an employee may earn and take up to 10 days of medical leave of absence with pay in a calendar year; and (c) authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations to modify, in certain circumstances, the provisions respecting medical leave of absence with pay.

Event Timeline

House First Reading
Nov 26, 2021House
House Second Reading
Dec 9, 2021House
House Third Reading
Dec 16, 2021House
Senate First Reading
Dec 16, 2021

Coming into Force


Awaiting order · 1717 days	Sections 6–7 · 2 sections	Order in council	—	8(2)
Conditional	Sections 1–5 · 5 sections	Relative to another provision	—	8(1)
Unknown	Unspecified provisions	Order in council	—	8(3)

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Regulatory Activity

Criminal Code · 81 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 9, 2026	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2026-117
Jun 5, 2026	II	Regulation

Senate Second Reading

Dec 17, 2021Senate

Senate Third Reading

Dec 17, 2021Senate

Royal Assent

Dec 17, 2021RoyalAssent

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Amends

Repeals

Gov't

PMB

Senate

Inactive

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C-3 touches 2 statutes

Status

Royal assent received

Text of the Bill

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External

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Progression

House 1st Reading: Nov 26, 2021
House 2nd Reading: Dec 9, 2021
House 3rd Reading: Dec 16, 2021
Senate 1st Reading: Dec 16, 2021
Senate 2nd Reading: Dec 17, 2021
Senate 3rd Reading: Dec 17, 2021
Royal Assent: Dec 17, 2021

Velocity · Gov't Bills

House 1R → 2R13d

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House 2R → 3R7d

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House 3R → Senate 1R0d

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Senate 1R → 2R1d

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Senate 2R → 3R0d

Related Legislation

Amends: Criminal Code ↗

Amends: Canada Labour Code ↗

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Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Canada Labour Code · 62 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 13, 2026	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Personal Protective Equipment and Other Preventive Measures)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, Dept. of Indigenous Services, Dept. of Natural Resources, and Dept. of Transport
Apr 23, 2026	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Equal Treatment and Temporary Help Agencies) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2026-75
Mar 21, 2026	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Sound Levels)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, Dept. of Indigenous Services, Dept. of Natural Resources, and Dept. of Transport
Jan 30, 2026	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2026-10
Nov 28, 2025	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Leave Related to Pregnancy Loss, Bereavement Leave and Leave for Placement of Child) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2025-240
Jun 28, 2025	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Leave Related to Pregnancy Loss, Bereavement Leave and Leave for Placement of Child)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Mar 6, 2025	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2025-79
Feb 22, 2025	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Equal Treatment and Temporary Help Agencies)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
May 31, 2024	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Sanitation) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2024-118
Apr 27, 2024	I	Proposed	New Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Regulations (Parts I, II and III of the Canada Labour Code and the Non-smokers’ Health Act)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Apr 27, 2024	I	Proposed	Ontario Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Regulations (Parts I, II and III of the Canada Labour Code and the Non-smokers’ Health Act)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Apr 27, 2024	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Saskatchewan Uranium Mines and Mills Exclusions Regulations	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Dec 4, 2023	II	Regulation	Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations	SOR/2023-257
Oct 28, 2023	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, Dept. of Indigenous Services, Dept. of Natural Resources, and Dept. of Transport
Aug 4, 2023	II	Regulation	Exemptions from and Modifications to Hours of Work Provisions Regulations and the Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2023-180
Apr 21, 2023	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2023-79
Apr 21, 2023	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Menstrual Products) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2023-78
Mar 27, 2023	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2023-65
Mar 9, 2023	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations (Employees Under 18 Years of Age) — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2023-40
Nov 4, 2022	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Medical Leave with Pay) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2022-228
Oct 29, 2022	I	Proposed	Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations (New commenting feature)	Transport, Dept. of, Dept. of Employment and Social Development, and Dept. of Natural Resources
Oct 15, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Menstrual Products) (New commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, Dept. of Indigenous Services, Dept. of Natural Resources, and Dept. of Transport
Oct 1, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code [Service of Documents and Regular Rate of Wages] (New commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Oct 1, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code [Reimbursement of Reasonable Work-Related Expenses] (New commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Jul 16, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Medical Leave with Pay) (New commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Jul 2, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Canada Labour Standards Regulations (Employees Under 18 Years of Age) (New commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
May 2, 2022	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Respiratory Protective Equipment) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2022-94
Mar 4, 2022	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2022-41
Dec 25, 2021	I	Proposed	Regulations amending the Exemptions from and Modifications to Hours of Work Provisions Regulations and the Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations (New commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Aug 12, 2021	II	Regulation	Exemptions from and Modifications to Hours of Work Provisions Regulations	SOR/2021-200
Jun 17, 2021	II	Regulation	Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2021-142
Jun 17, 2021	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code (Medical Devices, COVID-19) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2021-140
Jun 24, 2021	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2021-163
Jun 17, 2021	II	Regulation	Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (Part XI) — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2021-143
Jun 26, 2021	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (NEW commenting feature)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Jun 4, 2021	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2021-122
Jun 1, 2021	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2021-118
Mar 15, 2021	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2021-36
Dec 4, 2020	II	Regulation	Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations	SOR/2020-260
Dec 23, 2020	II	In force	Order Fixing January 1, 2021 as the Day on Which Certain Provisions of those Acts Come into Force	SI/2020-74
Dec 19, 2020	I	Proposed	Exemptions from and Modifications to Hours of Work Provisions Regulations	Employment and Social Development , Dept. of
Nov 9, 2020	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations (COVID-19), No 2 — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-242
Oct 31, 2020	I	Proposed	Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Oct 14, 2020	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-226
Sep 4, 2020	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations (Number of Weeks) — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-191
Jul 10, 2020	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-166
Jun 22, 2020	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations (COVID-19) — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-138
Jun 26, 2020	II	Regulation	Standards for Work-Integrated Learning Activities Regulations	SOR/2020-145
Jun 17, 2020	II	Regulation	Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations	SOR/2020-130
Jun 20, 2020	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (Part XI)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Aug 24, 2019	I	Proposed	Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (Canada Labour Code)	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Jun 25, 2019	II	Regulation	Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2019-243
Jun 25, 2019	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations Made Under Part II of the Canada Labour Code (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2019-246
Jun 3, 2019	II	Regulation	Canada Labour Standards Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2019-168
Jun 8, 2019	I	Proposed	Standards for Work-Integrated Learning Activities Regulations	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of
Apr 27, 2019	I	Proposed	Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, Dept. of Transport, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and Dept. of Natural Resources
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-247
Jun 25, 2018	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-137
Jun 20, 2017	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-132
Jun 10, 2017	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, and Dept. of Transport
Dec 24, 2016	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code	Employment and Social Development, Dept. of, Dept. of Transport, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Dept. of Natural Resources
Jun 14, 2016	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code — Regulations Amending	SOR/2016-141

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)