Bill C-48

Historical
Law (royal assent given)
Law

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.

Sponsor:David Lametti
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2023-05-16

Other Bills Numbered C-48

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 11 sessions:

44-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along British Columbia's north coast

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Second reading (House)
41-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and related legislation

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-3

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to the National Defence Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2010

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-2

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code in order to implement the United Nations Convention against Corruption

Law (royal assent given)
Law
38-1

An Act to authorize the Minister of Finance to make certain payments

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-2

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (natural resources)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
37-1

An Act to amend the Copyright Act

Bill passed the House, now waiting to be considered in the Senate

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.

James Maloney2025-10-30
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

…a federal jail because there is capacity. The province is under-funding the system. We talked about Bill C-48. Bill C-48 was adopted unanimously in the House. It is a positive piece of legislation. It helped the system. It strengthened the system, but we do not have any data on that, because data collection …

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Patrick Weiler2025-10-30
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

…d of a similar offence within 10 years. These updates build on reforms introduced last year through Bill C-48, which expanded the reverse onus to include repeat violent offenders using firearms and those charged with serious offences involving weapons. Bill C-14 would extend these provisions to cover serious…

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Larry Brock2025-10-29
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

…ders, and again it promised that it was listening and would make some changes. Hence, it introduced Bill C-48, which increased reverse onus provisions in the Criminal Code. We know that did not have the desired impact. When I look at Bill C-14, I see more reverse onus provisions, much like those in Bill C-48…

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Tako Van Popta2025-10-29
Bail and Sentencing Reform Act
0

Government Orders

…vatives. He was on the committee when we received a letter from 13 premiers asking for bail reform. Bill C-48 was the response, and he was involved in that debate. It did not go far enough, and now we have Bill C-14. Clearly there is a public perception that the administration of justice is being brought int…

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Arnold Viersen2025-10-22
Canadian Energy Sector
0

Statements by Members

…st. We need him to get out of the way. A Conservative government would scrap the emissions cap, end Bill C-48 and Bill C-69, and scrap the industrial carbon tax. Instead of broken promises, we would restore the promise of a Canada in which hard work can buy an affordable home in a safe neighbourhood and put …

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Garnett Genuis2025-10-21
Employment
0

Adjournment Proceedings

…d to reverse policies that are blocking economic development. They need to repeal Bill C-69, repeal Bill C-48, get rid of the production cap, eliminate the industrial carbon tax to allow our energy sector to move forward. More than that, they need to address the red tape and high taxes that are making it so …

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Patricia Lattanzio2025-10-20
Criminal Code
0

Private Members' Business

…diciary understands the complexities that so many survivors experience. Similarly, the government's Bill C-48 broadened the reverse onus for bail to target repeat IPV offenders, in direct response to victims' concerns that they were at ongoing risk when repeat offenders were released on bail. Our government …

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Pat Kelly2025-10-09
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

… elected. They passed a bunch of anti-business, anti-job and anti-industry bills like Bill C-69 and Bill C-48. These led to immediate capital flight from Canada. Upon the election of the government, $200 billion from the energy industry alone left this country. Half a trillion dollars of investment has left …

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Kelly McCauley2025-10-09
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

… the same time, they refuse to repeal Bill C-69, the “no new pipelines” bill. They refuse to repeal Bill C-48, which bans tankers from taking Alberta oil up the B.C. coast but of course still allows U.S. tankers there. They refuse to repeal the emissions and production cap that the Conference Board of Canada…

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Kelly McCauley2025-10-09
Business of Supply
0

Government Orders

… produce productivity, goes toward reducing regulations or perhaps goes toward repealing Bill C-69, Bill C-48 and the emissions cap, which would be the greatest thing to unleash prosperity across the country. The government has done nothing but add on red tape, regulations and everything possible to destroy …

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