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{{see also|An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disambiguation){{!}}An Act to amend the Criminal Code}}
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{{Infobox legislation
| short_title         = ''An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda)''
| image               = File:Parliament-Ottawa.jpg
| imagealt            = Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada buildings, with the Peace Tower and Canadian flag flying
| long_title          = 
| citation            = [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2004_14/page-1.html SC 2004, c. 14]
| legislature         = [[Parliament of Canada]]
| enacted_by          = [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]
| date_passed         = September 17, 2003
| enacted_by2         = [[Senate of Canada|Senate]]
| date_passed2        = April 28, 2004
| royal_assent        = April 29, 2004
| date_commenced      = April 29, 2004
| bill                = Bill C-415, 37th Parliament, 1st Session<br>Bill C-250, 37th Parliament, 2nd  and 3rd Sessions
| introduced_by       = [[Svend Robinson]]
| 1st_reading         = November 22, 2001
| 2nd_reading         = October 24, 2002
| committee_post2nd   = May 27, 2003
| 3rd_reading         = September 17, 2003
| introduced_by2      = [[Serge Joyal]]
| 1st_reading2        = February 3, 2004
| 2nd_reading2        = February 5, 2004
| committee_post2nd2  = March 25, 2004
| 3rd_reading2        = April 28, 2004
| related             = ''Criminal Code'', RSC 1985, c. C-46
| summary             = Adds sexual orientation to offences of hate propaganda and advocating genocide
| status              = in force
}}

'''''An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda)''''', ({{langx|fr|Loi modifiant le Code criminel (propagande haineuse)}}, also known as ''Bill C-250'' during the second and third sessions of the [[37th Canadian parliament]]) is an Act of the [[Parliament of Canada]] to amend the [[Criminal Code (Canada)|''Criminal Code'']]. It added penalties for publicly inciting hatred against or encouraging the genocide of people on the basis of [[sexual orientation]] and added a defence for the expression of good-faith opinions based on religious texts. It originated in a [[Private Member's Bill]] introduced by [[Svend Robinson]], a member of the opposition.

==Content==
Prior to this amendment, the ''Criminal Code'' prohibited the promotion of genocide and the public incitement of hatred against groups identifiable by [[colour]], [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]], [[religion]], and [[ethnic origin]]. The ''Act'' expanded coverage of these existing provisions to include groups identifiable on the basis of [[sexual orientation]].  The ''Act'' also expanded one of the defences available to persons charged with the incitement of hatred, allowing for the expression of good-faith opinions based on religious texts, in addition to the preexisting defence allowing the good-faith expression of opinions on religious subjects.

As with all Canadian legislation, this act has equal force in [[French language|French]] in which it is called ''La Loi modifiant le Code criminel (propagande haineuse)''.

==Religious freedom concerns==
Critics of the bill claimed that it would prohibit reciting various scripture condemning [[homosexuality]], while supporters pointed out that the bill added an explicit defence against any charge of incitement of hatred for opinions expressed in good faith based on religious texts. Critics of the law however, have expressed concern the courts will abrogate the religious loophole because "good faith" is not clearly defined.

==Legislative history==
C-250 was first introduced in 2001 into the 37th Parliament, 1st Session as Bill C-415 by [[New Democratic Party of Canada|New Democratic]] MP [[Svend Robinson]].  Following the end of that session, the bill was reintroduced as C-250 in the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session.  It passed the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] on September 17, 2003, but was not passed by the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] before the end of the session.  The bill was reintroduced in the 37th Parliament, 3rd Session, passing both the Senate on April 28, 2004.  Royal Assent was granted on April 29, 2004.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|+September 17, 2003 vote in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] (3rd Reading)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Pub=Hansard&Doc=121&Parl=37&Ses=2&Language=E&Mode=1#Int-656981|title=37th Parliament, 2nd Session (Edited Hansard - Number 121) - Wednesday, September 17, 2003 (Criminal Code: Bill to Amend — Third Reading)|publisher=Parliament of Canada|date= September 17, 2003|accessdate= February 3, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:20%;" | Party !! style="width:20%;"| Voted for !! style="width:20%;"| Voted against !! style="width:20%;"| [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Present (Speaker of the House)]] !!|Absent (Did Not Vote)
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|'''[[37th Canadian Parliament|G]]'''|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Party of Canada]] (Parti libéral du Canada) (Grits)
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 92
|1= [[Peter Adams (politician)|Peter Adams]]
|2= [[Reg Alcock]]
|3= [[Jean Augustine]]
|4= [[Larry Bagnell]]
|5= [[Sue Barnes]]
|6= [[Gilbert Barrette]]
|7= [[Mauril Bélanger]]
|8= [[Carolyn Bennett]]
|9= [[Gérard Binet]]
|10= [[Ethel Blondin-Andrew]]
|11= [[Paul Bonwick]]
|12= [[Don Boudria]]
|13= [[Claudette Bradshaw]]
|14= [[Bonnie Brown (politician)|Bonnie Brown]]
|15= [[Sarmite Bulte]]
|16= [[Gerry Byrne (politician)|Gerry Byrne]]
|17= [[Charles Caccia]]
|18= [[Elinor Caplan]]
|19= [[Aileen Carroll]]
|20= [[Marlene Catterall]]
|21= [[Martin Cauchon]]
|22= [[Yvon Charbonneau]]
|23= [[Denis Coderre]]
|24= [[David Collenette]]
|25= [[Roy Cullen]]
|26= [[Rodger Cuzner]]
|27= [[Paul DeVillers]]
|28= [[Stéphane Dion]]
|29= [[Stan Dromisky]]
|30= [[Claude Drouin]]
|31= [[Wayne Easter]]
|32= [[Art Eggleton]]
|33= [[Mark Eyking]]
|34= [[John Finlay (Canadian politician)|John Finlay]]
|35= [[Raymonde Folco]]
|36= [[Joe Fontana]]
|37= [[Liza Frulla]]
|38= [[Hedy Fry]]
|39= [[John Godfrey]]
|40= [[Bill Graham (Canadian politician)|Bill Graham]]
|41= [[Ivan Grose]]
|42= [[Albina Guarnieri]]
|43= [[John Harvard (politician)|John Harvard]]
|44= [[André Harvey (MP)|André Harvey]]
|45= [[Tony Ianno]]
|46= [[Marlene Jennings]]
|47= [[Christian Jobin]]
|48= [[Joe Jordan]]
|49= [[Stan Keyes]]
|50= [[David Kilgour]]
|51= [[Gar Knutson]]
|52= [[Karen Kraft Sloan]]
|53= [[Robert Lanctôt]]
|54= [[Dominic LeBlanc]]
|55= [[Derek Lee (politician)|Derek Lee]]
|56= [[Clifford Lincoln]]
|57= [[Paul Harold Macklin]]
|58= [[Steve Mahoney]]
|59= [[John David Maloney|John Maloney]]
|60= [[Paul Martin]]
|61= [[John McCallum]]
|62= [[Anne McLellan]]
|63= [[Maria Minna]]
|64= [[Andy Mitchell (politician)|Andy Mitchell]]
|65= [[Shawn Murphy (politician)|Shawn Murphy]]
|66= [[Robert Nault]]
|67= [[Anita Neville]]
|68= [[Gilbert Normand]]
|69= [[Denis Paradis]]
|70= [[Carolyn Parrish]]
|71= [[Bernard Patry]]
|72= [[Jim Peterson]]
|73= [[Beth Phinney]]
|74= [[David Price (Canadian politician)|David Price]]
|75= [[Marcel Proulx]]
|76= [[Karen Redman]]
|77= [[Geoff Regan]]
|78= [[Lucienne Robillard]]
|79= [[Allan Rock]]
|80= [[Jacques Saada]]
|81= [[Andy Scott (politician)|Andy Scott]]
|82= [[Judy Sgro]]
|83= [[Alex Shepherd]]
|84= [[Raymond Simard]]
|85= [[Brent St. Denis]]
|86= [[Jane Stewart (politician)|Jane Stewart]]
|87= [[Diane St-Jacques]]
|88= [[Andrew Telegdi]]
|89= [[Robert Thibault]]
|90= [[Yolande Thibeault]]
|91= [[Lyle Vanclief]]
|92= [[Susan Whelan]]
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 41
|1= [[Sarkis Assadourian]]
|2= [[Réginald Bélair]]
|3= [[Eugène Bellemare]]
|4= [[Robert Bertrand]]
|5= [[Raymond Bonin]]
|6= [[John H. Bryden|John Bryden]]
|7= [[Murray Calder]]
|8= [[John Cannis]]
|9= [[Brenda Chamberlain (politician)|Brenda Chamberlain]]
|10= [[John Efford]]
|11= [[Charles Hubbard (politician)|Charles Hubbard]]
|12= [[Ovid Jackson]]
|13= [[Nancy Karetak-Lindell]]
|14= [[Jim Karygiannis]]
|15= [[Walt Lastewka]]
|16= [[Judi Longfield]]
|17= [[Gurbax Malhi]]
|18= [[Diane Marleau]]
|19= [[Larry McCormick (Canadian politician)|Larry McCormick]]
|20= [[Joe McGuire]]
|21= [[John McKay (Ontario politician, born 1948)|John McKay]]
|22= [[Dan McTeague]]
|23= [[Pat O'Brien (Canadian politician)|Pat O'Brien]]
|24= [[John O'Reilly (politician)|John O'Reilly]]
|25= [[Massimo Pacetti]]
|26= [[Janko Peric]]
|27= [[Joe Peschisolido]]
|28= [[Jerry Pickard]]
|29= [[Gary Pillitteri]]
|30= [[Julian Reed]]
|31= [[Andy Savoy]]
|32= [[Benoît Serré]]
|33= [[Bob Speller]]
|34= [[Paul Steckle]]
|35= [[Guy St-Julien]]
|36= [[Paul Szabo (politician)|Paul Szabo]]
|37= [[Alan Tonks]]
|38= [[Rose-Marie Ur]]
|39= [[Tony Valeri]]
|40= [[Joe Volpe|Joseph Volpe]]
|41= [[Tom Wappel]]
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 1
|1= [[Peter Milliken]]
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 37
|1= [[Carole-Marie Allard]]
|2= [[David Anderson (British Columbia politician)|David Anderson]]
|3= [[Mark Assad]]
|4= [[Eleni Bakopanos]]
|5= [[Colleen Beaumier]]
|6= [[Maurizio Bevilacqua]]
|7= [[Jeannot Castonguay]]
|8= [[Jean Chrétien]]
|9= [[Joe Comuzzi]]
|10= [[Sheila Copps]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|11= [[Irwin Cotler]]
|12= [[Herb Dhaliwal]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|13= [[Nick Discepola]]
|14= [[Claude Duplain]]
|15= [[Georges Farrah]]
|16= [[Roger Gallaway]]
|17= [[Ralph Goodale]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|18= [[Bob Kilger]]
|19= [[Rick Laliberte]]
|20= [[Sophia Leung]]
|21= [[Lawrence MacAulay]]
|22= [[John Manley]]
|23= [[Serge Marcil]]
|24= [[Bill Matthews]]
|25= [[Peter Milliken]]
|26= [[Dennis Mills]]
|27= [[Lynn Myers]]
|28= [[Lawrence D. O'Brien]]
|29= [[Stephen Owen (politician)|Stephen Owen]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|30= [[Rey Pagtakhan]]
|31= [[Pierre Pettigrew]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|32= [[David Pratt (politician)|David Pratt]]
|33= [[Carmen Provenzano]]
|34= [[Hélène Scherrer]]
|35= [[Tony Tirabassi]]
|36= [[Paddy Torsney]]
|37= [[Bryon Wilfert]]
}}
|-
|{{Color box|{{party color|Canadian Alliance}}|border=darkgray}} [[Canadian Alliance]] (Alliance canadienne)
| -
| style="background-color:#FFAEB9;" |{{collapsible list |title= 62
|1= [[Jim Abbott]]
|2= [[Diane Ablonczy]]
|3= [[Rob Anders]]
|4= [[David Anderson (Saskatchewan politician)|David Anderson]]
|5= [[Roy Bailey (politician)|Roy Bailey]]
|6= [[Leon Benoit]]
|7= [[Garry Breitkreuz]]
|8= [[Andy Burton (politician)|Andy Burton]]
|9= [[Chuck Cadman]]
|10= [[Rick Casson]]
|11= [[David Chatters]]
|12= [[John Cummins (Canadian politician)|John Cummins]]
|13= [[Stockwell Day]]
|14= [[John Duncan (Canadian politician)|John Duncan]]
|15= [[Reed Elley]]
|16= [[Ken Epp]]
|17= [[Brian Fitzpatrick (Canadian politician)|Brian Fitzpatrick]]
|18= [[Paul Forseth]]
|19= [[Cheryl Gallant]]
|20= [[Peter Goldring]]
|21= [[Jim Gouk]]
|22= [[Gurmant Grewal]]
|23= [[Deborah Grey]]
|24= [[Art Hanger]]
|25= [[Stephen Harper]]
|26= [[Richard Harris]]
|27= [[Grant Hill]]
|28= [[Jay Hill (politician)|Jay Hill]]
|29= [[Howard Hilstrom]]
|30= [[Betty Hinton]]
|31= [[Rahim Jaffer]]
|32= [[Dale Johnston]]
|33= [[Jason Kenney]]
|34= [[Gary Lunn]]
|35= [[James Lunney]]
|36= [[Keith Martin (physician)|Keith Martin]]
|37= [[Philip Mayfield]]
|38= [[Grant McNally]]
|39= [[Val Meredith]]
|40= [[Rob Merrifield]]
|41= [[Bob Mills (politician)|Bob Mills]]
|42= [[Deepak Obhrai]]
|43= [[Brian Pallister]]
|44= [[Charlie Penson]]
|45= [[James Rajotte]]
|46= [[Scott Reid (politician)|Scott Reid]]
|47= [[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]]
|48= [[Gerry Ritz]]
|49= [[Werner Schmidt]]
|50= [[Carol Skelton]]
|51= [[Monte Solberg]]
|52= [[Kevin Sorenson]]
|53= [[Larry Spencer]]
|54= [[Darrel Stinson]]
|55= [[Chuck Strahl]]
|56= [[Myron Thompson]]
|57= [[Vic Toews]]
|58= [[Maurice Vellacott]]
|59= [[Randy White (Canadian politician)|Randy White]]
|60= [[Ted White (politician)|Ted White]]
|61= [[John G. Williams (Canadian politician)|John G. Williams]]
|62= [[Lynne Yelich]]
}}
| -
|{{collapsible list |title= 1
|1= [[James Moore (Canadian politician)|James Moore]]
}}
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}|border=darkgray}} [[Bloc Québécois]] (BQ)
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 27
|1= [[Gérard Asselin]]
|2= [[Claude Bachand]]
|3= [[Stéphane Bergeron]]
|4= [[Bernard Bigras]]
|5= [[Diane Bourgeois]]
|6= [[Serge Cardin]]
|7= [[Paul Crête]]
|8= [[Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral]]
|9= [[Gilles Duceppe]]
|10= [[Marcel Gagnon]]
|11= [[Christiane Gagnon]]
|12= [[Sébastien Gagnon]]
|13= [[Michel Gauthier]]
|14= [[Jocelyne Girard-Bujold]]
|15= [[Monique Guay]]
|16= [[Michel Guimond]]
|17= [[Mario Laframboise]]
|18= [[Yvan Loubier]]
|19= [[Richard Marceau]]
|20= [[Réal Ménard]]
|21= [[Pierre Paquette]]
|22= [[Pauline Picard]]
|23= [[Louis Plamondon]]
|24= [[Yves Rocheleau]]
|25= [[Jean-Yves Roy]]
|26= [[Benoît Sauvageau]]
|27= [[Suzanne Tremblay]]
}}
| -
| -
|{{collapsible list |title= 6
|1= [[Odina Desrochers]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|2= [[Ghislain Fournier]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|3= [[Roger Gaudet]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|4= [[Francine Lalonde]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
|5= [[Gilles-A. Perron]]
|6= [[Caroline St-Hilaire]] ([[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Paired]])
}}
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}|border=darkgray}} [[New Democratic Party]] (Nouveau Parti démocratique) (NDP)
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 14
|1= [[Bill Blaikie]]
|2= [[Joe Comartin]]
|3= [[Libby Davies]]
|4= [[Bev Desjarlais]]
|5= [[Yvon Godin]]
|6= [[Wendy Lill]]
|7= [[Pat Martin]]
|8= [[Brian Masse]]
|9= [[Alexa McDonough]]
|10= [[Lorne Nystrom]]
|11= [[Dick Proctor]]
|12= [[Svend Robinson]]
|13= [[Peter Stoffer]]
|14= [[Judy Wasylycia-Leis]]
}}
| -
| -
| -
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|border=darkgray}} [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] (Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) (PC)
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 7
|1= [[André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)|André Bachand]]
|2= [[Rick Borotsik]]
|3= [[Scott Brison]]
|4= [[Joe Clark]]
|5= [[John Herron (New Brunswick politician)|John Herron]]
|6= [[Gerald Keddy]]
|7= [[Peter MacKay]]
}}
| style="background-color:#FFAEB9;" |{{collapsible list |title= 7
|1= [[Rex Barnes]]
|2= [[Bill Casey]]
|3= [[Norman E. Doyle]]
|4= [[Inky Mark]]
|5= [[Gary Schellenberger]]
|6= [[Greg Thompson]]
|7= [[Elsie Wayne]]
}}
| -
|{{collapsible list |title= 1
|1= [[Loyola Hearn]]
}}
|-
|{{Color box|gray|border=darkgray}} [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|{{collapsible list |title= 1
|1= [[Jean-Guy Carignan]]
}}
| -
| -
| style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |{{collapsible list |title= 3
|1= [[Ghislain Lebel]]
|2= [[Jim Pankiw]]
|3= [[Pierrette Venne]]
}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Total || {{Yes|'''141'''|align=center}} || style="text-align:center;" | '''110''' || style="text-align:center;" | '''1''' || style="text-align:center;" | '''48''' (5 [[Pair (parliamentary convention)|Pairs]])
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|+April 28, 2004 vote in the [[Senate of Canada]] (3rd Reading)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sencanada.ca/en/Content/Sen/chamber/373/debates/034db_2004-04-28-e#43|title=Debates of the Senate (Hansard) (3rd Session, 37th Parliament, Volume 141, Issue 34) - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (Criminal Code: Bill to Amend — Third Reading)|publisher=Parliament of Canada|date= April 28, 2004|accessdate= February 3, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:20%;" | Party !! style="width:15%;"| Voted for !! style="width:15%;"| Voted against !! style="width:15%;"| Abstained !! style="width:10%;"| [[Speaker of the Senate of Canada#History of the speakership|Present (Speaker of the Senate)]] (chose not to vote) !!|Absent (Did Not Vote)
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|'''[[37th Canadian Parliament|G]]'''|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Party of Canada]] (Parti libéral du Canada) (Grits)
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 49
|1= [[Willie Adams (politician)|Willie Adams]]
|2= [[Jack Austin (politician)|Jack Austin]]
|3= [[Lise Bacon]]
|4= [[Tommy Banks (musician)|Tommy Banks]]
|5= [[Michel Biron]]
|6= [[John G. Bryden]]
|7= [[Catherine Callbeck]]
|8= [[Sharon Carstairs]]
|9= [[Maria Chaput]]
|10= [[Ione Christensen]]
|11= [[Joan Cook]]
|12= [[Eymard Corbin]]
|13= [[Joseph A. Day]]
|14= [[Percy Downe]]
|15= [[Joyce Fairbairn]]
|16= [[Marisa Ferretti Barth]]
|17= [[Isobel Finnerty]]
|18= [[Ross Fitzpatrick]]
|19= [[Joan Fraser]]
|20= [[George Furey]]
|21= [[Jean-Robert Gauthier]]
|22= [[Aurélien Gill]]
|23= [[Alasdair Graham]]
|24= [[Mac Harb]]
|25= [[Céline Hervieux-Payette]]
|26= [[Libbe Hubley]]
|27= [[Mobina Jaffer]]
|28= [[Serge Joyal]]
|29= [[Colin Kenny (politician)|Colin Kenny]]
|30= [[Michael J. L. Kirby]]
|31= [[Richard Kroft]]
|32= [[Jean Lapointe]]
|33= [[Raymond Lavigne]]
|34= [[Viola Léger]]
|35= [[Rose-Marie Losier-Cool]]
|36= [[Shirley Maheu]]
|37= [[Frank Mahovlich]]
|38= [[Paul Massicotte]]
|39= [[Terry Mercer]]
|40= [[Yves Morin]]
|41= [[Jim Munson]]
|42= [[Landon Pearson]]
|43= [[Gerard Phalen]]
|44= [[Pierrette Ringuette]]
|45= [[Fernand Robichaud]]
|46= [[Bill Rompkey]]
|47= [[David Smith (Canadian senator)|David Smith]]
|48= [[Peter Stollery]]
|49= [[Charlie Watt]]
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 3
|1= [[Anne Cools]]
|2= [[Pana Merchant]]
|3= [[Nick Sibbeston]]
}}
| -
|{{collapsible list |title= 1
|1= [[Lucie Pépin]] (Speaker ''pro-tempore'')
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 12
|1= [[George Baker (Canadian politician)|George Baker]]
|2= [[Marie Charette-Poulin]]
|3= [[Jane Cordy]]
|4= [[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell]]
|5= [[Pierre De Bané]]
|6= [[Jerry Grafstein]]
|7= [[Dan Hays|Daniel Hays]]
|8= [[Laurier LaPierre]]
|9= [[Lorna Milne]]
|10= [[Wilfred Moore]]
|11= [[Vivienne Poy]]
|12= [[Herbert O. Sparrow]]
}}
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party of Canada]] (Parti conservateur du Canada) (Tories)
|{{collapsible list |title= 5
|1= [[Raynell Andreychuk]]
|2= [[Janis Johnson]]
|3= [[Marjory LeBreton]]
|4= [[Pierre Claude Nolin]]
|5= [[Jean-Claude Rivest]]
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 6
|1= [[W. David Angus]]
|2= [[Ethel Cochrane]]
|3= [[Michael Forrestall]]
|4= [[Gerry St. Germain]]
|5= [[Terry Stratton]]
|6= [[David Tkachuk]]
}}
|{{collapsible list |title= 3
|1= [[James Kelleher]]
|2= [[John Lynch-Staunton]]
|3= [[Michael Meighen]]
}}
| -
| style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |{{collapsible list |title= 11
|1= [[John Buchanan (Canadian politician)|John Buchanan]]
|2= [[Pat Carney]]
|3= [[Gerald Comeau]]
|4= [[Consiglio Di Nino]]
|5= [[Trevor Eyton]]
|6= [[Lenard Gustafson]]
|7= [[Wilbert Keon]]
|8= [[Noël Kinsella]]
|9= [[Donald Oliver]]
|10= [[Brenda Robertson]]
|11= [[Eileen Rossiter]]
}}
|-
|{{Color box|gray|border=darkgray}} [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 2
|1= [[Marcel Prud'homme]]
|2= [[Mira Spivak]]<sup>a</sup>
}}
| style="background-color:#FFAEB9;" |{{collapsible list |title= 2
|1= [[Edward M. Lawson]]
|2= [[Madeleine Plamondon]]
}}
| -
| -
| style="background-color:#D3D3D3;" |{{collapsible list |title= 2
|1= [[Michael Pitfield]]
|2= [[Douglas Roche]]
}}
|-
|{{Color box|{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC}}|border=darkgray}} [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] (Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) (PC)<sup>a</sup>
| style="background-color:#CCFFCC;" |{{collapsible list |title= 3
|1= [[Norman K. Atkins]]
|2= [[C. William Doody]]
|3= [[Lowell Murray]]
}}
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Total || {{Yes|'''59'''|align=center}} || style="text-align:center;" | '''11''' || style="text-align:center;" | '''3''' || style="text-align:center;" | '''1''' || style="text-align:center;" | '''25'''
|}

:<small>a. [[List of senators in the 37th Parliament of Canada|These senators have decided against joining the Conservative Party of Canada and have chosen to sit in the Senate as 'Progressive Conservatives' (with Mira Spivak briefly joining the Conservative caucus before becoming an Independent).]]</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2004_14/page-1.html Text of the Act, in English and French]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010114546/http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec318.html Criminal Code, sec 318]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010115417/http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec319.html Criminal Code, sec 319]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010124941/http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec320.html Criminal Code, sec 320]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010124202/http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec320.1.html Criminal Code, sec 320.1]

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