C-321 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assaults against persons who provide health services and first responders) – would make it so assaulting someone that’s a health care professional or a first responder counts as an aggravating circumstance, and as such will result in harsher sentences.
Progress
C-321 has come back from committee review with a small change, any reference to “healthcare professional” (including in the title) was changed to “person who provides health services”.
The House accepted this change with everyone voting in favour of the committee’s changes. It then passed its Third Reading with everyone voting in favour of it and is now before the Senate.