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Bill C-269

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2022
An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)
  • Bill C-269 is a proposed law in Canada that aims to amend the Telecommunications Act to introduce a three-digit phone number dedicated to suicide prevention services. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission would be required to designate this number within one year after the law comes into force.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-269
An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)
FIRST READING, April 25, 2022

Mr. Doherty
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Telecommunications Act to require the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to designate a three-digit phone number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.‍

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-269

An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1993, c. 38

Telecommunications Act

1 The Telecommunications Act is amended by adding the following after section 46.‍1:

Three-digit number

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46.‍11 The Commission shall designate, within one year after the day on which this section comes into force, a three-digit number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons