Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders)
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to require a court to consider the fact that the victim of an assault is a person who provides health services or a first responder to be an aggravating circumstance for the purposes of sentencing.
✦ AI Summary
This bill, titled 'An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders)', aims to increase protections for healthcare workers and first responders. It proposes that if someone assaults a doctor, nurse, paramedic, firefighter, or police officer while they are on duty, the court must consider this a serious factor when deciding the sentence. This means the punishment could be harsher because the victim was a frontline professional.
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Votes
Vote #: 127
Date: 2026-05-27
Result: Passed
Yes: 332
No: 0
Paired: 8
Yes / No Ratio
Yes100.0%
No0.0%
How each party voted
| Party | Position | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloc | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Conservative | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Green | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Liberal | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| NDP | Yes | 100% | 0% |