C-232An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders)
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on September 19, 2025
- Status
- Defeated at second reading in the House of Commons
What it does
Requires certain inmates to be classified and housed as maximum security, and makes them ineligible for unescorted temporary absence.
What it does
- Requires the Correctional Service to assign a maximum security classification to inmates found to be dangerous offenders or convicted of more than one first degree murder.
- Requires inmates with a maximum security classification to be confined in a penitentiary or area of a penitentiary that is classified as maximum security.
- Makes transfers subject to the new rule that certain inmates must be classified as maximum security.
- Makes maximum security offenders ineligible for an unescorted temporary absence.
Who it affects
- Dangerous offenders
- People convicted twice of first degree murder
- Maximum security inmates
- Correctional Service
Topics
Background
The bill amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.
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-232, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders)
Vote 147,
Failed
133 yeato190 nay · 14 paired
Party breakdown for vote 147 Party Position Yea Nay Did not vote Liberal Nay1 broke ranks 1 165 8 Conservative Yea 132 0 8 Bloc Nay 0 18 4 NDP Nay 0 5 0 Green Nay 0 1 0 Independent Nay 0 1 0 Total 133 190
What MPs said
Each party’s first speech on this bill in the House, from Hansard. Excerpts are the speaker’s opening sentences, unedited.
LiberalKevin Lamoureux· March 10, 2026
“I can assure the member who continues to want to heckle me that the people I represent in Winnipeg North understand how important it is to respect the issue of judicial independence.”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caConservativeTony Baldinelli· September 19, 2025
“Moved for leave to introduce Bill C-232, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (maximum security offenders).”
Read the full speech on openparliament.caBlocClaude DeBellefeuille· March 10, 2026
“I am pleased to rise this evening to take part in the study of this bill. This is a rather delicate matter, since this bill was introduced to respond to a very specific case.”
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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.