Report: Senate passes crime bill
The Senate has voted to pass third reading of Bill C-22. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had threatened to call an election if the Senate did not pass the legislation.
Text of Bill C-2.
The bill raises the age of consent from 14 to 16, provides for stricter mandatory minimum sentences and bail conditions for gun-related crimes, harsher penalties for driving while drug impaired, and eases the application of the dangerous offender declaration.
Text of Bill C-2.
The bill raises the age of consent from 14 to 16, provides for stricter mandatory minimum sentences and bail conditions for gun-related crimes, harsher penalties for driving while drug impaired, and eases the application of the dangerous offender declaration.
Labels: C-2, Confidence, Crime bill
posted by Senate Digest Staff at 3:11 p.m.
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