An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to establish a framework for implementing the rights of victims of crime

Bill S-236 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (S.C. 2015, c. 13, s. 2) and establishing a federal Victims of Crime Commissioner position. Currently the federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime operates under Public Safety Canada (created 2007) but lacks statutory authority. The bill would have created the Victims of Crime Commissioner as an independent officer of Parliament with binding statutory authority similar to the Privacy Commissioner, including investigation powers, the authority to issue binding compliance orders, and an annual public reporting requirement. Companion to the 2015 CVBR. Did not pass third reading.