e-3990 (Justice)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- The Victims Rights Act of 2015 gives victims of crime a number of rights, the most important of which are the right to information, the right to protection, and the right to participation;
- S. 28 and S. 29 of the Victims Rights Act deprive victims of crime of remedies in case any of the rights so granted are breached;
- In Canada more than 2.5 million people are the victim of a violent crime every year, and S. 28 and S. 29 of the Victims Rights Act deprive them of the right to protection; and
- S. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that every individual has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination.
- Open for signature
- May 20, 2022, at 10:55 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 19, 2022, at 10:55 a.m. (EDT)