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Bill C-321, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders)
In accordance with its Order of Reference of Wednesday, June 21, 2023, your committee has considered Bill C-321, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against health care professionals and first responders), and agreed on Thursday, November 30, 2023, to report it with the following amendments:

Title

That Bill C-321 be amended by replacing the long title on page 1 with the following:

“An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against persons who provide health services and first responders)”

Preamble

That Bill C-321, in the preamble, be amended by

(a) replacing line 2 on page 1 with the following:

“involving violence against persons who provide health services”

(b) replacing line 4 on page 1 with the following:

“Whereas assaults on persons who provide health services and”

(c) replacing line 7 on page 1 with the following:

“And whereas persons who provide health services and first re-”

Clause 1

That Bill C-321, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing line 19 on page 1 with the following:

“the commission of the offence, a person who provides health services, including personal care services,”

Your committee has ordered a reprint of Bill C-321, as amended, as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at the report stage.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 80, 84 and 86) is tabled.