The federal Conservatives have introduced a bill aimed at bringing forward “significant reforms” to the Canadian Criminal Code that mainly seek to address current parole conditions for repeat offenders.
Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus introduced Bill C-325 on March 29, which the party says will “bring significant reforms to Canada’s Criminal Code and Corrections and Conditional Release Act that will restore safe streets.”
The Conservatives said in a press release that the bill aims to “undo elements” of Bill C-5—legislation passed in November 2022 that removed 20 mandatory minimum sentences from the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Bill C-5 was sponsored by Justice Minister David Lametti. The mandatory minimum sentences it rolled back were mostly for certain drug and gun charges, and it also gave judges more freedom to grant conditional sentences….