An Act to amend the Criminal Code (declaration of exception pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Charter for mandatory minimum sentences for child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences)

Bill S-240 in 45-1 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the Criminal Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46) to add a declaration of exception public-policy framework for cases where federal law conflicts with provincial-or-territorial Indigenous-self-government statutes. Brought after multiple federal-Indigenous-self-government conflicts including the 2024 Manitoba First Nations Police Service jurisdictional dispute and the BC First Nations Health Authority funding-formula challenges. The bill would have created a binding declaration-of-exception framework allowing federal-Indigenous-self-government tripartite resolution of overlapping-jurisdiction issues. Companion to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (S.C. 2021, c. 14) implementation framework. Did not pass third reading.