C-363Government of Canada
An Act to amend the National Defence Act (sexual offences)
Amends the National Defence Act to modernize the military-justice system's handling of sexual offences, including expanded victim-information rights and stronger restrictions on a complainant's sexual-history evidence in courts martial. Implements Arbour-report recommendations.
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1st Reading3
2nd Reading4
Committee5
Report6
3rd Reading7
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Would modernize how the military-justice system handles sexual offences, including stronger victim-information rights and tighter limits on using a complainant's sexual history in courts martial. It implements recommendations from Justice Louise Arbour's 2022 review of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Issues this bill touches
- Gender Equality & Reproductive Rights
Military-justice sexual-offence modernization (Arbour report).
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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