Bill C-443 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

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. 2, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-204 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (elimination of statutory release) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
C-443 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

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-443s:

C-443 (2019) Indigenous Language Act
C-443 (2013) National Health and Fitness Day Act
C-443 (2012) National Health and Fitness Day Act
C-443 (2010) Citizenship Act
C-443 (2009) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (exception to the rule of inapplicability after the first generation)
C-443 (2007) Republic of Macedonia Recognition Act

Corrections and Conditional Release ActRoutine Proceedings

June 12th, 2003 / 10:20 a.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Jim Gouk Canadian Alliance Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-443, an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts.

Mr. Speaker, my bill deals with the provision of statutory release which, in fact, requires people to be released from prison after serving two-thirds of their sentence, even if they have done absolutely nothing to earn that leave.

Canadians are appalled that someone, for example, who is sentenced to 12 years gets out after 8 years, having not done anything to earn that parole. We support the concept of parole and early release so that people are out under supervision to reintegrate, but only if they have done something to earn it.

This bill would address that and hopefully change things so that criminals incarcerated in jail would realize they have to mend their ways if they want to be released before the end of their full sentence.

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