Bill C-14

In committee (Senate)

Bail and Sentencing Reform Act

Bill C-14 has passed the House and is being considered in the Senate.

Sponsor:Sean Fraser
Liberal
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-10-23

Other Bills Numbered C-14

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 15 sessions:

45-1

Bail and Sentencing Reform Act

In committee (Senate)
44-1

Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-1

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-1

Improving Trade Within Canada Act

Second reading (House)
40-3

Fairness at the Pumps Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (organized crime and protection of justice system participants)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-2

An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act

Second reading (House)
39-1

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-3

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-2

Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

Canada Shipping Act, 2001

Law (royal assent given)
Law

Division Votes (4)

Division #155
Agreed To
2026-06-12T13:30:13

Time allocation for Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)

166Yea
158Nay
10Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
166Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 133N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 17N
NDP
0Y / 5N
Independent
0Y / 2N
Green Party
0Y / 1N
Division #95
Agreed To
2022-05-17T19:40:00

Time allocation for Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (electoral representation)

178Yea
144Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
153Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 111N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 1N
Independent
0Y / 1N
Division #92
Agreed To
2021-04-15T15:00:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-14, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 30, 2020 and other measures

210Yea
118Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
149Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 118N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
22Y / 0N
Independent
4Y / 0N
Green Party
3Y / 0N
Division #63
Agreed To
2021-03-08T15:10:00

2nd reading of Bill C-14, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 30, 2020 and other measures

214Yea
119Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
151Y / 0N
Conservative
0Y / 118N
Bloc Québécois
32Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
4Y / 1N
Green Party
3Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (801)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-14.

Hon. Ruby Sahota2026-02-25
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
0

Oral Questions

… allow people to abuse our asylum system. If they cared so much about crime, they would have passed Bill C-14 a long time ago. We could have passed that bill back at Christmastime. There are 80 different changes to the Criminal Code of Canada. We are strengthening our Criminal Code more than we have seen in …

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Hon. Ruby Sahota2026-02-25
Justice
0

Oral Questions

…lutely no such policy. If anything, we are tightening the Criminal Code of Canada. In Bill C-16 and Bill C-14, we are making sure that we support victims of sexual assault and that we make conditional sentences no longer a thing.

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Hon. Ruby Sahota2026-02-24
Public Safety
0

Oral Questions

Mr. Speaker, cases like this are exactly why we brought in Bill C-14. I am glad to report that Bill C-14 has passed on to the Senate. The Senate is doing its work. There will be bail reform in that bill. There will be harsher sentences for people who commit crimes. I …

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

… last number of months, we have seen a series of bills that deal with making our communities safer. Bill C-14, which we are debating today, should have passed at the end of 2025. It did not pass because of the filibustering of the Conservative Party of Canada. There is a series of legislative bills that need…

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Hon. Kevin Lamoureux2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, first of all, I am pleased to see that Bill C-14 is before the House. In fact, I argued back in December that there was no reason Bill C-14 should not pass the House of Commons and the Senate before the end of the year. In the last election, the Pr…

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Christine Normandin2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

…e study. Due to the Conservatives' filibuster, in part, of Bill C-9, it was a way forward to get to Bill C-14. Does the Conservative member think that having only two sittings to hear from witnesses is enough for such a substantial bill?

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Hon. Ruby Sahota2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak in strong support of Bill C-14 at report stage and to urge members of the House to support the bill as it stands. This legislation is not abstract; it is grounded in what Canadians are experiencing in their communities. Over the p…

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Hon. Ruby Sahota2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, Bill C-14 would not erode any mandatory minimums. This is an issue that has been litigated. In our democracy, we have independent institutions such as our judiciary, the Supreme Court, which has forced this Pa…

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Christine Normandin2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

… received from the member for Terra Nova—The Peninsulas when I asked him how we came to be debating Bill C-14 at the report stage today. As mentioned, there has been a lot of talk about Bill C-9 in committee but, unfortunately, nothing has come of it because the Bloc Québécois proposed an amendment that soug…

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Lori Idlout2026-02-13
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

…uired so much work, and her amendments can address so many of the flaws in the current iteration of Bill C-14. I thank the Criminal Lawyers' Association for its work. In a submission it made, it said, “There is a bail crisis in Canada. But it is a crisis of detention, not release.” Bill C-14 is not the answe…

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