S-225Cluster Munitions Investment Prohibition Act
An Act to amend the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act (investments)
Senate public bill, introduced in the Senate on November 24, 2021
- Status
- Defeated at committee in the Senate
- Sponsor
- Salma AtaullahjanSenator
- Senator
What it does
Bans investing in people or entities linked to banned cluster munitions activity, and adds related divestment rules.
What it does
- Adds a new ban on buying or holding a direct or indirect financial interest in, or lending or guaranteeing funds to, a person known to have committed or helped commit a prohibited cluster munitions act.
- Expands the Act's purpose to say it also covers other measures on cluster munitions, explosive submunitions and explosive bomblets.
- Updates the rules on trying, aiding, conspiring, or helping someone escape so they also cover the new investment-related offence.
- Expands the military cooperation exception to include the new investment-related offence during combined operations with a state that is not party to the Convention.
- Allows existing investments, loans or guarantees to stay in place for one year after the law starts, if they are then divested within that year.
Who it affects
- Canadian investors and lenders
- People with existing interests in covered entities
- Military personnel in joint operations
- Organisations linked to cluster munitions
Background
The bill amends the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act. That Act implements Canada’s commitments under the Convention.
Where it is
Senate
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Completed.
Committee
Defeated here. Defeated
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
House of Commons
First reading
Not reached.
Second reading
Not reached.
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Royal assent
Royal assent
Not reached.
Introduced by a senator. If the Senate passes it, it goes to the House of Commons, where an MP must agree to sponsor it. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
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LEGISinfo status: At consideration in committee in the Senate. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.