An Act to amend the Criminal Code to address the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Jordan

Bill C-392 (44-1) was a Bloc Quebecois Private Member's Bill from Denis Trudel to write the Supreme Court's R. v. Jordan framework into the Criminal Code. Jordan (2016) set presumptive ceilings for how long a case can take to reach trial, 18 months in provincial court and 30 months in superior court, after which charges can be stayed for unreasonable delay. The bill would have codified that framework and spelled out exceptions, responding to concern that serious cases were being thrown out over delay while courts faced heavy backlogs. It did not pass second reading.