Ambrose criticizes Senate over stalled bill requiring sexual assault training for judges GlobePolitics
Former federal cabinet minister Rona Ambrose introduced a bill requiring sexual-assault training for judges that passed unanimously in the House of Commons nearly two years ago.Former federal cabinet minister Rona Ambrose is criticizing the Senate for holding up her private member’s bill requiring sexual-assault law education for judges, nearly two years after it passed the House of Commons.
It would also require the Canadian Judicial Council to report on seminars in matters related to sexual-assault law and it amends the Criminal Code to require that reasons provided by a judge in sexual-assault decisions be entered in the record of the proceedings or be in writing. On Wednesday, the House of Commons adopted a motion from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calling on the Senate to pass Ms. Ambrose’s bill and NDP MP Romeo Saganash’s private member’s bill, which would require the government to ensure Canadian laws are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Nine private member’s bills have received Royal Assent since the beginning of the parliamentary session.
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