Bill C-344 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review of parole ineligibility) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 38th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in November 2005.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 25, 2005
(This bill did not become law.)

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Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-344s:

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C-344 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (elimination of waiting period)

C-344 (2009) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (elimination of waiting period)

Other House mentions

Criminal CodeRoutine Proceedings

February 25th, 2005 / 12:15 p.m.

See context

Conservative

Peter MacKay Conservative Central Nova, NS

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-344, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review of parole ineligibility) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Mr. Speaker, this is a Criminal Code amendment dealing with the review of parole eligibility. This is an issue that has been before the House on numerous occasions.

The bill attempts to repeal section 745.6 of the Criminal Code, commonly known as the faint hope clause. It would allow persons sentenced to life imprisonment for acts of high treason to murder to apply after 15 years for a reduction in the period of parole ineligibility.

This bill has the support of those in the law enforcement community, those who, I would suggest, have been affected by horrific crimes. It would affect those who have not been deemed dangerous offenders under more recent Criminal Code amendments. This bill would do away with the section that allows for early parole for murderers.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)