Bill C-31 · 43th Parliament · Justin Trudeau
Reducing Barriers to Reintegration Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedJune 10, 2021
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- Justin TrudeauPrime Minister
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On 10 June 2021, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness introduced Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Reducing Barriers to Reintegration Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-31 amends the Criminal Records Act to, among other things, (a) replace the expression “record suspension” with the term “pardon”; (b) reduce the applicable waiting period before a person may apply for a pardon from 10 years to five years if the person is convicted of an offence that is prosecuted by indictment, and from five years to three years if the person is convicted only of an offence punishable on summary conviction; (c) provide that Parole Board of Canada employees may exercise certain powers and perform certain duties and functions of the Board; (d) remove the pardon ineligibility of persons who have been convicted of more than three offences prosecuted by indictment for each of which a sentence of two years or more was imposed; (e) make persons who were convicted of a terrorism offence for which a sentence of 10 years or more was imposed ineligible for a pardon; (f) amend the factors …
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