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Law Ensures Crime Victims Get Clearer Offender Release Info

An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims)

Summary

  • Amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to require that when victims are told an offender’s eligibility and review dates for temporary absences, releases, or parole, they also receive an explanation of how those dates were determined.
  • Applies to communications from Correctional Service Canada and the Parole Board of Canada, emphasizing plain-language rationale for timelines.
  • Includes coordinating amendments to avoid conflict with provisions in An Act to Bring Fairness for the Victims of Violent Offenders.
  • Does not change sentencing, parole criteria, or eligibility rules—focuses solely on transparency and disclosure to victims.

Builder Assessment

Neutral

Principles Analysis

Canada should aim to be the world's most prosperous country.

A justice-system disclosure change has no direct link to national prosperity.

Promote economic freedom, ambition, and breaking from bureaucratic inertia (reduce red tape).

It neither expands economic freedom nor materially reduces red tape; it adds a minor administrative step in a non-economic domain.

Drive national productivity and global competitiveness.

No impact on productivity or international competitiveness.

Grow exports of Canadian products and resources.

Unrelated to trade or export growth.

Encourage investment, innovation, and resource development.

No bearing on business investment or innovation ecosystems.

Deliver better public services at lower cost (government efficiency).

While improving transparency for victims, it likely adds reporting workload and costs unless offset by digital automation or standardized templates.

Reform taxes to incentivize work, risk-taking, and innovation.

No tax or incentive changes.

Focus on large-scale prosperity, not incrementalism.

A narrow administrative change in criminal justice; not oriented to economy-wide prosperity.

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PartyConservative
StatusOutside the Order of Precedence
Last updatedSep 17, 2025
TopicsJustice
Parliament45