C-364An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on November 9, 2023
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since November 9, 2023
What it does
Changes Criminal Code sentencing rules by adding aggravating factors and requiring courts to consider why a person was detained before sentencing.
What it does
- Adds an aggravating factor for certain offences when the crime involved an occupied place and the offender used violence or threats, or carried, used, or threatened to use a weapon or imitation weapon.
- Adds an aggravating factor when an offence was committed against a person or property made vulnerable by long emergency response times or by being far from emergency services or an established community.
- Requires courts, when giving credit for time spent in custody before sentencing, to consider the reason the person was detained.
Who it affects
- People convicted of certain Criminal Code offences
- Sentencing judges
- People held in custody before sentencing
- People in remote communities
Topics
Background
The bill amends the Criminal Code’s sentencing rules. It replaces section 348.1 and adds a new factor courts must consider at sentencing.
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
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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.
ConservativeBlaine Calkins· November 9, 2023
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-364, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing). I want to thank my colleague for Peterborough—Kawartha for seconding this 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.