Bill C-10

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide for escalating minimum penalties — according to the number, if any, of previous convictions — of five, seven and ten years for eight serious offences involving the use of a firearm if the firearm is either a restricted or prohibited firearm or if the offence was committed in connection with a criminal organization, to provide for escalating minimum penalties — according to the number, if any, of previous convictions — ranging between one and five years for other firearm-related offences and to create two new offences: breaking and entering to steal a firearm and robbery to steal a firearm.