C-53 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
Short title:
Life Means Life Act
Summary
Current status
At second reading in the House of Commons
Latest activity
Debate at second reading on Friday, June 19, 2015 (House of Commons)
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
|
Friday, June 19, 2015 |
Consideration in committee
Not reached
Report stage
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
First reading
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Second reading
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Third reading
Not reached
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
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Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 234) | Bob Dechert (Conservative) |
| Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Response speech(Sitting 234) | Françoise Boivin (NDP) |
| Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Response speech(Sitting 234) | Sean Casey (Liberal) |
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Departmental information
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Further reading
Aperçu statistique, le système correctionnel et la mise en liberté sous condition (Service correctionnel Canada).
Ottawa : Solliciteur général Canada, Document électronique
Community outcomes for offenders serving a life sentence.
Axford, Marsha & Matthew Young.
Ottawa : Correctional Service of Canada, No R-264, 27 p. (1 online resource)
Corrections and conditional release statistical overview (Correctional Service of Canada).
Ottawa : Solicitor General Canada, Electronic document
Délinquants purgeant une peine d'emprisonnement à perpétuité ou une peine d'une durée indéterminée : profil (2009) et évolution du profil (de 1998 à 2008).
Young, Matthew M..
Ottawa, Ontario : Direction de la recherche, Service correctionnel du Canada, 54 p. (1 ressource en ligne)
Offenders serving life and indeterminate sentences : snapshot (2009) and changing profile (1998 to 2008).
Young, Matthew M..
Ottawa, Ontario : Research Branch, Correctional Service of Canada, 47 p. (1 online resource)
Résultats dans la collectivité des personnes purgeant une peine d'emprisonnement à perpétuité.
Axford, Marsha et Matthew Young.
Ottawa : Service correctionnel Canada, No R-264, 31 p. (1 ressource en ligne)
You do the crime, you do the time.
Geddes, John.
Maclean's, 128(13/14):19-20