SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to establish the offence of dangerous child sexual predation, carrying a minimum sentence of life imprisonment. It covers cases of sexual assault on a child that also involve use of a weapon, repeated assaults, multiple victims, repeat offences, more than one offender, an element of confinement or kidnapping, or an offender who is in a position of trust with respect to the child.

By the application of section 746.1 of the Criminal Code, a person sentenced under these provisions will be ineligible for parole under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act for twenty years and ineligible for day parole or unescorted absence for seventeen years.