C-391Safe Hospitals Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (possession of weapons and drugs in hospitals)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on May 28, 2024
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since May 28, 2024
What it does
Adds sentencing rules for weapons offences near hospitals and blocks drug exemptions that would allow illicit use in hospitals.
What it does
- Requires courts to treat it as an aggravating circumstance when a person convicted under Criminal Code section 88 had a weapon in or near a hospital, on or near hospital grounds, or in or near another public health care facility.
- Prevents the Minister from granting a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act exemption that would result in the illicit or unprescribed use of a controlled substance in a hospital.
- Confirms that this ban does not apply to prescribed use of a controlled substance in a hospital by a patient, if a practitioner authorizes and supervises it.
Who it affects
- People convicted of weapons offences
- Hospitals and health care facilities
- Patients using prescribed controlled substances
- Practitioners
- Federal health minister
Topics
Background
The bill amends section 88 of the Criminal Code and section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Current stage. Now here
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
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Third reading
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Senate
First reading
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Second reading
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Committee
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Third reading
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Royal assent
Royal assent
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Introduced by an MP who is not a minister. These bills compete in a lottery for debate time, and most do not become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
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What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
ConservativeKerry-Lynne Findlay· May 28, 2024
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-391, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (possession of weapons and drugs in hospitals). Under the radical and extremist Liberal-NDP government, our hospitals, once sanctuaries of care and safety, have become infested with chaos, drugs and weapons.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
Read the source
LEGISinfo status: At second reading in the House of Commons. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.