C-342An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on June 14, 2023
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since June 14, 2023
What it does
Requires certain dangerous offenders and repeat first degree murder offenders to be classified and held as maximum security inmates.
What it does
- Assigns a maximum security classification to any inmate found to be a dangerous offender or convicted of more than one first degree murder.
- Requires those inmates to be confined in a maximum security penitentiary or in a maximum security area of a penitentiary.
- Makes transfer decisions subject to the new maximum security rule.
- Makes maximum security offenders ineligible for unescorted temporary absence.
Who it affects
- Dangerous offenders
- People convicted of multiple first-degree murders
- Federal inmates
- Correctional Service of Canada
Topics
Background
The bill amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act. It adds a new rule for maximum security classification and updates the rules on confinement, transfers, and temporary absence.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Current stage. Now here
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
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Third reading
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Senate
First reading
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Second reading
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Committee
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Third reading
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Royal assent
Royal assent
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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
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What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
ConservativeTony Baldinelli· June 14, 2023
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-342, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders). I am honoured to rise in my place today to introduce this private member's bill.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.ca
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LEGISinfo status: Outside the Order of Precedence. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.