This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.
Ralph Goodale Liberal
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
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, among other things,
(a) eliminate the use of administrative segregation and disciplinary segregation;
(b) authorize the Commissioner to designate a penitentiary or an area in a penitentiary as a structured intervention unit for the confinement of inmates who cannot be maintained in the mainstream inmate population for security or other reasons;
(c) provide less invasive alternatives to physical body cavity searches;
(d) affirm that the Correctional Service of Canada has the obligation to support the autonomy and clinical independence of registered health care professionals;
(e) provide that the Correctional Service of Canada has the obligation to provide inmates with access to patient advocacy services;
(f) provide that the Correctional Service of Canada has an obligation to consider systemic and background factors unique to Indigenous offenders in all decision-making; and
(g) improve victims’ access to audio recordings of parole hearings.
This enactment also amends the English version of a provision of the Criminal Records Act.
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-83s:
Karina Gould Liberal Burlington, ON
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I was not here for the first vote but for this vote, I will be voting in favour.
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Joe Peschisolido Liberal Steveston—Richmond East, BC
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I too was not here for the first vote, but I will be voting yes.
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The Speaker Geoff Regan
I declare Motion No. 9 carried. I therefore declare Motions Nos. 10 and 13 to 16 carried.
The next question is on Motion No. 17. A vote on this motion also applies to Motions Nos. 3 and 22.
Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
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Some hon. members
Yea.
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Some hon. members
Nay.
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Mark Holland Liberal Ajax, ON
Mr. Speaker, I believe you will find unanimous consent to apply the results of the previous vote to this vote, with Liberal members voting for the motion.
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February 26th, 2019 / 6:30 p.m.
Conservative
Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet NDP Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Speaker, the NDP agrees to apply the vote and will vote no.
