An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)
Bill C-296 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill amending the Criminal Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46) to increase parole ineligibility periods for offenders convicted of first-degree murder of police officers and corrections officers. Brought after multiple high-profile police killings including the December 2022 OPP Constable Greg Pierzchala killing in Hagersville Ontario, the September 2023 Burnaby Mountie killing (Constable Rick O'Brien), and the September 2024 EPS Constable Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan killings. Currently first-degree murder carries automatic life imprisonment with no parole eligibility for 25 years under section 745 of the Criminal Code. The bill would have raised parole ineligibility to a minimum of 30 years for first-degree murder of a peace officer. Did not pass second reading.
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Would raise the parole-ineligibility period from 25 to 30 years for the first-degree murder of a police or corrections officer. Brought after several killings of officers, including OPP Constable Greg Pierzchala in 2022. A Conservative private member's bill; it did not pass second reading.
Issues this bill touches
- Crime & Public Safety
Tries to reinstate consecutive parole ineligibility for multiple murders.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
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