Bill C-283

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (addiction treatment in penitentiaries)

Sponsor

Tracy Gray Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of March 22, 2023

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that, on request by a person who is sentenced to imprisonment in a penitentiary, a court may, if certain conditions are met, make a recommendation that the person serve their sentence, or a part of it, in custody in a penitentiary that has been designated as an addiction treatment facility.
The enactment also amends the Corrections and… read more

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-283s:

C-283 (2021) Fight Against Food Waste Act

C-283 (2016) An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program)

C-283 (2013) Independent and Effective Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman Act

C-283 (2011) Independent and Effective Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman Act

C-283 (2010) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on bicycles)

C-283 (2009) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (no GST on bicycles)

Votes

March 22, 2023 Failed 2nd reading of Bill C-283, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (addiction treatment in penitentiaries)