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ENGLISHSUMMARYSUMMARY1 Telecommunications Act 1 Telecommunications Act 
Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,
69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-294
An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)
FIRST READING, May 7, 2021
Mr. Doherty
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Telecommunications Act to require the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to designate a three-digit phone number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.‍
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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 
69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-294
An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (suicide prevention)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1993, c. 38 
Telecommunications Act 
1 The Telecommunications Act is amended by adding the following after section 46.‍1:
46.‍11 The Commission shall designate, within one year after the day on which this section comes into force, a three-digit number dedicated to suicide-prevention services.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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