Bill C-221

Routine Proceedings

…s, the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in relation to Bill C-221, an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act with regard to the disclosure of information to victims. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the…

Private Members' Business

…ll C-242, resume their second reading debates soon. I am encouraged to see that both Bill C-225 and Bill C-221 have passed second reading and have been referred to committee for further study and consideration by parliamentarians. I am hopeful that Bill C-232 will follow suit and receive the widespread suppor…

Private Members' Business

…me deserve. I ask all parliamentarians to support victims of crime across Canada by swiftly passing Bill C-221.

Private Members' Business

…s private members' bill presented by my colleague, the member for Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, Bill C-221, an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act regarding the disclosure of information to victims. The bill seeks to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to ensure that vic…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois will be voting in favour of Bill C-221. The bill seeks to better inform victims about decisions made by the Parole Board of Canada and the Correctional Service of Canada. This measure will not change the whole game for victims and their l…

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from November 18, 2025, consideration of the motion that Bill C-221, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Government Orders

…nt has done in Bill C-16. On September 17, 2025, just last year, I tabled my private member's bill, Bill C-221, an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, disclosure of information to victims. Currently, victims of crime can request that they be informed of the eligibility dates and review d…

Private Members' Business

…ity dates and review dates applicable to the offender for temporary absences or parole. If adopted, Bill C-221 would amend the law so victims of crime would be entitled to know not only when offenders could be released, but also how officials determine these eligibility dates. Victims of crime and their famil…

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, first of all, I congratulate my colleague for introducing Bill C-221, especially in such an emotional situation. I have never experienced that, so it is hard for me to imagine, but I think victims have a right to know. The bill aims to share information about temporar…

Private Members' Business

…relies on luck, because we have to be part of the draw. If we look at it, the number of the bill is Bill C-221, which tells us that the member has been fortunate to get the bill drawn. Number two, when one is provided that opportunity, there is a multitude of issues one could bring to the floor of the House. …

Private Members' Business

…violent crime and for me, personally, as a resident and the newest member of Parliament for Oshawa. Bill C-221 builds upon years of advocacy for greater transparency and fairness in Canada's parole system. It also continues the work of my predecessor, the former member of Parliament for Oshawa, Dr. Colin Carr…

Private Members' Business

…also requires that the date of escorted or unescorted temporary absences or parole be communicated. Bill C-221 creates an obligation to communicate with the family to provide additional information about the abuser. Obviously, the Bloc Québécois agrees with that. We agree that victims who want and need help m…

Private Members' Business

…derstanding means regaining some control in a life that has been turned upside down. The purpose of Bill C-221 is exactly that: to explain to victims how and why certain key dates are calculated and what this means for them in practical terms. It is a simple but profoundly fair approach. It does not challenge…

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-221, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, I rise today as the member for…

Government Orders

…ative private member's bill, would strengthen protections for victims of intimate partner violence. Bill C-221, inspired by Oshawa resident Lisa Freeman, would amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to guarantee that victims of crime receive full disclosure. Bill C-246 would amend the Criminal Code…

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-221, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims). Mr. Speaker, I want to start by thanking my colleague from Oshawa for seconding this bill, an act …

Routine Proceedings

…uced this. In fact, we have introduced it seven times in private members' bills, most recently with Bill C-221, which was introduced in the 44th Parliament by the hon. member for North Island—Powell River. Here we are. We are still here today. Unfortunately, this is a government that likes to lament, send its…

Routine Proceedings

…erans. I come from a long line of members of Parliament, and my mother introduced a similar bill to Bill C-221, which the member for North Island—Powell River introduced, regarding the removal of the gold-digger clause. Right now, spouses who marry veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces or the RCMP who are ove…

Routine Proceedings

Mr. Speaker, the second petition I am tabling today is one in support of my bill, Bill C-221, which talks about removing the gold digger clause. Many people across Canada do not understand that the spouses of veterans, including common-law partners, who married after the age of 60 are not en…

Speech from the Throne

…London—Fanshawe, but also my colleague the hon. member for North Island—Powell River, introduced as Bill C-221, which would ultimately eliminate the archaic and sexist gold-digger clause for spouses of veterans who marry after the age of 60. This is something that we have been working on for a very long time.…