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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (immigration status in sentencing)

BillC-220
Session45-1
StageDefeated
Introduced2025-09-17
Proposed byMichelle Rempel
parl.ca ↗

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that, in imposing a sentence on an offender who is not a Canadian citizen, a court must not take into consideration the offender’s immigration status in Canada.

✦ AI Summary

Bill C-220 aimed to change how judges sentence individuals who are not Canadian citizens. Specifically, it proposed that when handing down a sentence, a judge must ignore any potential impact the sentence might have on the person's immigration status or that of their family members. The intention was to ensure sentencing decisions are based solely on the crime committed, not on the offender's citizenship or residency status.

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Legislative Timeline

2025-09-17
First reading
✦ AIBill proposed to exclude immigration status from sentencing.
Current
Defeated
✦ AIBill was defeated at this stage.

Votes

Vote #: 89 Date: 2026-03-25 Result: Failed Yes: 158 No: 171 Paired: 10

Yes / No Ratio

Yes48.0%
No52.0%

How each party voted

PartyPositionYesNo
BlocYes100%0%
ConservativeYes100%0%
GreenNo0%100%
LiberalNo0%100%
NDPNo0%100%