An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing principles – remote emergency medical or police services)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Blaine Calkins  Conservative

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 June 14, 2019
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add evidence that an offence was directed at a property or person that was vulnerable because of their remoteness from emergency services as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes.

Similar bills

C-364 (current session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing)
C-289 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing)

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.

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