Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing)
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to add, as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes, evidence that an offence was directed at persons or property that were vulnerable due to long response times by emergency services or due to their remoteness from such services or from an established community and, for the purposes of some offences, the fact that a person carried, used or threatened to use a weapon or an imitation of a weapon.
It also requires that a court, when exercising its discretion to grant credit for time spent in custody in determining the sentence to be imposed on a person convicted of an offence, consider the reasons for detaining the person in pre-sentence custody.
Bill C-364 proposes changes to the Criminal Code related to sentencing for certain offences. It aims to make sentences harsher if a crime targeted vulnerable victims or properties, such as those in remote areas with slow emergency service response times. The bill also specifies that when a judge decides how much credit to give for time already spent in jail before a conviction, they must consider the reasons why the person was held in custody.
Legislative Timeline
Votes
Yes / No Ratio
How each party voted
| Party | Position | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloc | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Conservative | No | 0% | 100% |
| Green | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Liberal | No | 0% | 100% |
| NDP | Yes | 100% | 0% |
| Québec debout | Yes | 100% | 0% |