Bill C-35 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (reverse onus in bail hearings for firearm-related offences)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Rob Nicholson  Conservative

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of June 5, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that the accused will be required to demonstrate, when charged with certain serious offences involving firearms or other regulated weapons, that pre-trial detention is not justified in their case and to introduce additional factors relating to firearm offences that the courts must take into account in deciding whether an accused should be released or detained pending trial.

Similar bills

C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) Law Tackling Violent Crime Act

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-35s:

C-35 (2022) Law Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act
C-35 (2021) Canada Disability Benefit Act
C-35 (2016) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2016-17
C-35 (2014) Law Justice for Animals in Service Act (Quanto's Law)
C-35 (2012) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2012-13
C-35 (2010) Law An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Votes

March 27, 2007 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a legislative committee.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 29, 2007

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 16, 2007

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 15, 2007

    • Gary Mauser, Criminologist, Simon Fraser University, As an Individual

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 9, 2007

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 1, 2007

    • Tony Cannavino, President, Canadian Police Association
    • Amanda Connolley, Legal Counsel, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
    • Yves Francoeur, President, Fraternité des policiers et policières de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal Inc., Canadian Police Association
    • Daryl Tottenham, Sergeant, New Westminster Police Service, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
    • Peter Cuthbert, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
    • Dave Wilson, President, Toronto Police Association, Canadian Police Association
    • David Griffin, Executive Officer, Canadian Police Association

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 1, 2007

    • Anthony Doob, Professor, Centre for Criminology, University of Toronto, As an Individual
    • John Muise, Director, Public Safety, Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on May 1, 2007

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on April 25, 2007

    • Lynn Barr-Telford, Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada
    • Craig Grimes, Project Manager, Courts Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada
    • John Turner, Chief, Policing Services Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada

    Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) Committee, on April 16, 2007

    • Julie Besner, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice