Overview

• The fall legislation will impose stricter bail conditions and tougher sentences for offences such as organized crime, human trafficking, home invasion and car theft.
• Bail will become harder to secure for targeted offences and repeat offenders face consecutive sentencing under the proposed bill.
• Justice Minister Sean Fraser plans to consult experts and provincial governments on judicial training and detention centre capacity.
• The new proposal builds on January’s bail reform, which tightened release rules for firearms offences and cases involving intimate partner violence.
• The federal government intends to pair legal changes with investments in mental health, addiction treatment, youth employment and affordable housing to prevent crime at its roots.