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C-14 — An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)
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C-14
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)
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BILL C-14
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)
Last activity : Royal assent received
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Assented to
Commons · 1st2025-10-23Commons · 2nd2025-11-18Commons · 3rd2026-02-13Senate · 1st2026-02-23Senate · 2nd2026-03-12Senate · 3rd2026-05-28Royal assent2026-06-15
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What it does, in plain language
- Changes bail rules so police officers, justices and judges must not release an accused when detention is justified, including to protect the public, victims and witnesses.
- Requires a justice to consider whether the accused is charged with an offence involving random and unprovoked violence before ordering release or detention.
- Expands reverse onus (where the accused must show why they should be released) to violent auto theft, auto theft for a criminal organization, violent extortion, break-and-enter of a home, human trafficking and smuggling offences, and cases involving choking, suffocating or strangling.
- Applies reverse onus to anyone charged with a serious violent offence involving a weapon who was convicted of a similar offence within the previous 10 years.
- Makes a weapons prohibition mandatory as a release condition for extortion and criminal organization charges, and requires judges to consider added conditions (curfew, no-go zones, no break-in tools) for auto theft and break-and-enter charges.
- Adds aggravating factors for repeat violent offending, offences against first responders, retail theft and damage to essential infrastructure, and requires consecutive sentences for certain auto theft, break-and-enter, extortion and arson offences.
- Limits conditional sentences (served in the community) for sexual assault and sexual offences against victims under 18, and restores driving prohibitions for manslaughter and criminal negligence causing bodily harm or death.
- Amends the Youth Criminal Justice Act to clarify what counts as a "violent offence", stop time spent unlawfully at large from counting as time served, and let police publish a young person's identity when there is imminent danger to public safety.
🤖 AI-generated from the bill’s official text as introduced — may not reflect amendments adopted since.
Registered lobbying
19 communications · 3 organizations
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 10 most recent +
Canadian Civil Liberties Association16Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.2National Police Federation1
2026-05-19 · Justice Canada (JC)
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Owen Ripley — Senior Assistant Deputy Minister · Matthew Taylor — Senior General Counsel and Director General, Criminal Law Policy Section
2026-05-13 · Justice Canada (JC)
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Keith Torrie — Senior Policy Advisor · Zoe Romeo — Director of Parliamentary Affairs
2026-05-06 · Senate of Canada
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Bernadette Clement — Senator · Katie Verhoeven — Senior Parliamentary Affairs Advisor
2026-04-27 · House of Commons
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Noah Kathen — Parliamentary Assistant
2026-04-27 · Senate of Canada
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Kim Pate — Senator · Paul Prosper — Senator · Shawn Abel — Parliamentary Affairs Advisor
2026-04-22 · Senate of Canada
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Pierre Dalphond — Senator
2026-03-18 · Senate of Canada
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Dada Muhobo — Executive Assistant
2026-03-18 · Senate of Canada
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Met with : Paula Simons — Senator · Shawn Abel — Parliamentary Affairs Advisor · Dina Dong — Parliamentary Affairs Advisor
2026-03-17 · House of Commons
Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.
Met with : Larry Brock — Member of Parliament
2026-03-13 · House of Commons
Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.
Met with : Patricia Lattanzio — Member of Parliament
Communications reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying that name this bill. Lobbying is a lawful, publicly registered activity — this count is a fact, not a verdict. Only communications whose description names both the bill number and its title are counted, so the real total may be higher. Registry archive read on September 10, 2026; the Commissioner republishes it about monthly, and we refresh it by hand.
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