Bill C-48
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform)
Bill C-48 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
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Division Votes (0)
No recorded division votes found for this bill.
Parliamentary Debates (272)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-48.
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…zes that a small number of repeat, violent offenders need to be held accountable for their actions. Bill C-48 is a step in the right direction, and we sincerely hope the Courts will use these new measures that are being introduced by the government in cases where circumstances warrant. The last quote I would…
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…ly and whether he would still entertain that. One of his short answers implied yes. It would appear Bill C-48 has the support of all members of the House. Before I go any further, I want to inform the House that I will be splitting my time. I will be sharing my time with the member for St. John's South—Mount…
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Mr. Speaker, once again, I am a bit perplexed by the question, since Bill C-48 specifically addresses the question around the use of illegal weapons in the commission of crimes and it creates an additional reverse onus. That means there are additional requirements of those who …
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…round, I could not be happier to be starting my first day with this bill, something as important as Bill C-48, an act to amend the Criminal Code, bail reform. This bill is an essential step in addressing growing concerns relating to how the bail system deals with repeat violent offenders involving the use of…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to address something that the member said, which is that Bill C-48 would result in more people being in pretrial detention. Precisely because it allows the option of community-based bail supervision, the opposite would be the case. This bill would actually result in…
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…ffending, they are serious and we need to act and take care to make sure those do not happen again. Bill C-48 addresses those. The police associations across the country say that it does. Premiers are satisfied that it does. I am not sure why the Conservative Party is not satisfied that it would deal with th…
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Mr. Speaker, I am extremely pleased to rise in support of Bill C-48 today. I did not think we would get the bill to this stage as quickly as we have in this Parliament. One of the reasons we did so is that the justice committee recognized the public concern about rep…
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…ck and relax. I am glad to see him here today for this debate on the issues that concern us, namely Bill C-48, which is no trivial matter. My colleague is right. The Liberals have a lamentable habit of using something they themselves dubbed the “Liberalist”. That is appalling. This is neither desirable nor e…
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… and uphold that principle. The decision to release an accused person must be taken very seriously. Bill C-48 seems reasonable to me, but, I as I said, trials must also be held. This requires judges and funding. Is my colleague, the new Minister of Justice, serious about this? Does he intend to do his job pr…
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…e when they are on their way to school each and every morning. The measures contained in this bill, Bill C-48, are focused on keeping repeat violent offenders off our streets. We have the support of all law enforcement around the country. We have the support of 13 different provincial and territorial governm…
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