Bill C-59 (Historical)

Abolition of Early Parole Act

An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accelerated parole review) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Vic Toews Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now 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 Corrections and Conditional Release Act to eliminate accelerated parole review and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-59s:

C-59 (2023) Law Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023

C-59 (2017) Law National Security Act, 2017

C-59 (2015) Law Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1

C-59 (2013) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2013-14

Votes

Feb. 16, 2011 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Feb. 15, 2011 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.