C-325An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (conditions of release and conditional sentences)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on March 10, 2023
- Status
- Defeated at second reading in the House of Commons
What it does
Creates a new offence for breaching release conditions in some serious cases and bars more offenders from serving sentences in the community.
What it does
- Creates a new offence for people on conditional release for offences in Schedules I or II of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act who, without reasonable excuse, break a condition of parole, statutory release or temporary absence.
- Allows that breach to be prosecuted as an indictable offence with up to 2 years in prison, or as a summary conviction offence.
- Expands the offences that cannot get a conditional sentence, including some indictable offences with maximum penalties of 14 years or life.
- Also bars conditional sentences for some 10-year indictable offences involving bodily harm, drugs or weapons, and for listed offences such as sexual assault, kidnapping and arson for fraudulent purpose.
- Requires parole supervisors to report certain breaches by offenders on conditional release or long-term supervision to the Parole Board of Canada, the Service, the Attorney General and the local police force.
Who it affects
- People on conditional release
- People on long-term supervision
- People convicted of certain offences
- Parole supervisors
- Parole Board of Canada
- Police forces
Background
The bill changes the Criminal Code rules on conditional sentences and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act rules on parole, statutory release and long-term supervision.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Defeated here. Defeated
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Senate
First reading
Not reached.
Second reading
Not reached.
Committee
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Royal assent
Royal assent
Not reached.
Introduced by an MP who is not a minister. These bills compete in a lottery for debate time, and most do not become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
2nd reading of Bill C-325, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (conditions of release and conditional sentences)
Vote 425,
Failed
147 yeato181 nay · 4 paired
Party breakdown for vote 425 Party Position Yea Nay Did not vote Liberal Nay 0 154 4 Conservative Yea 115 0 2 Bloc Yea 30 0 2 NDP Nay 0 24 1 Green Nay 0 2 0 Independent Yea1 broke ranks 2 1 0 Total 147 181
What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
LiberalIqra Khalid· June 1, 2023
“I am here today to speak to the private member's bill, Bill C-325, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, on conditions of release and conditional sentences. Let me be clear from the onset.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caConservativePierre Paul-Hus· March 10, 2023
“I am trying to achieve three things by tabling this bill. First, the bill would create a new offence for the breach of conditions of conditional release imposed in relation to certain serious offences.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caBlocKristina Michaud· June 1, 2023
“Earlier this week, I went and congratulated the member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles for introducing this bill, which I think is important. It was important to address some of the gaps in Bill C‑5, which was deeply flawed.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caNDPLori Idlout· June 1, 2023
“Bill C-325, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, regarding conditions of release and conditional sentences, is problematic for many reasons. As such, the NDP will not support the passing of this bill.”
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Read the source
LEGISinfo status: Bill defeated. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.