An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to enact the Expungement of Certain Drug-related Convictions Act and the National Strategy on Substance Use Act = Loi modifiant la Loi réglementant...: XB432-286/1-PDF

"This enactment amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to repeal a provision that makes it an offence to possess certain substances. It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts. In addition, it enacts the Expungement of Certain Drug-related Convictions Act, which establishes a procedure for expunging certain drug-related convictions and provides for the destruction or removal of the judicial records of those convictions that are in federal repositories and systems. Finally, it enacts the National Strategy on Substance Use Act, which requires the Minister of Health to develop a national strategy to address the harm caused by problematic substance use"--Summary, page ii.

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Department/Agency Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, issuing body.
Title An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to enact the Expungement of Certain Drug-related Convictions Act and the National Strategy on Substance Use Act = Loi modifiant la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances et édictant la Loi sur la radiation de certaines condamnations liées à la drogue et la Loi sur la stratégie nationale sur l’usage de substances.
Variant title Loi modifiant la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances et édictant la Loi sur la radiation de certaines condamnations liées à la drogue et la Loi sur la stratégie nationale sur l’usage de substances
Short title : Health-based Approach to Substance Use Act
Series title Bill C-... ; Bill C-286, 2nd session, 43rd Parliament
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language Bilingual-[English | French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "First reading, April 15, 2021."
Issued also in HTML format.
Text in English and in French.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : House of Commons of Canada = Chambre des communes du Canada, 2021.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 8 pages)
Catalogue number
  • XB432-286/1-PDF
Subject terms Canada. Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Drug legalization -- Canada.
Criminal records -- Expungement -- Canada.
Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
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