C-209An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

What it does

• Repeals mandatory minimum penalties for many Criminal Code offences, including some firearms, child sexual exploitation, sexual assault, robbery, extortion and criminal negligence offences.
• Replaces several offence sections with only a maximum prison term, often 10 years, 14 years or life, depending on the offence.
• Changes some offences involving people under 18, including child pornography, child trafficking and obtaining sexual services, and adjusts related penalties and summary conviction options.
• Removes minimum fine rules and other sentencing rules for some impaired driving offences, while keeping or changing treatment program and prohibition order rules.
• Removes mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offences under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and changes related sentencing factors.
• Makes related amendments to the Criminal Records Act and other Criminal Code sentencing provisions.