Legislation introduced by the Minister of Justice
Bills are introduced in the Senate or House of Commons to amend or repeal existing laws or to put new laws in place. Justice-related legislation from recent Parliamentary sessions can be found below.
For more information on how new laws are created, visit our webpage on the legislative process. To see all the legislation currently before Parliament, visit the Parliament of Canada website.
Archives
44th Parliament
First session – November 22, 2021, to January 6, 2025
Bills that received Royal Assent:
- Bill C-3: Changes to Canada's Criminal Code relating to protecting health care workers and the Canada Labour Code to support workers in the federally regulated private sector
- Bill C-4: Changes to Canada’s Criminal Code relating to conversion therapy
- Bill C-5: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
- Bill C-9: Changes to the Judges Act relating to reforming the judicial complaints process
- Bill C-28: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (self-induced extreme intoxication)
- Bill C-40: Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission Act (David and Joyce Milgaard’s Law)
- Bill C-48: Amendments to strengthen Canada’s bail system
- Bill C-62: Changes to Canada’s medical assistance in dying legislation
- Bill S-4: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (COVID-19 response and other measures)
- Bill S-12: An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act
- Bill S-13: Upholding Section 35 rights through a non-derogation clause in the federal Interpretation Act
Bills that were terminated:
- Bill S-11: Federal Law–Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 4
- Bill S-17: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023
43rd Parliament
First session – September 23, 2020, to August 15, 2021
Bills that received Royal Assent:
- Bill C-3: Judicial continuing education in sexual assault law and social context
- Bill C-7: Changes to Canada’s medical assistance in dying legislation
- Bill C-15: Legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Bill C-21: Proposed changes to the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act
- Bill S-5: Judicial conduct: Reforming the complaints process
Bills that were terminated:
- Bill C-6: Proposed changes to Canada’s Criminal Code relating to conversion therapy
- Bill C-13: Proposed changes to Canada’s Criminal Code relating to sports betting
- Bill C-22: Proposed changes to Canada’s Criminal Code relating to mandatory minimum penalties
- Bill C-23: Proposed changes to the Criminal Code to improve the effectiveness of Canada’s criminal justice system in response to COVID-19 pandemic
- Bill C-36: Proposed legislative changes to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code relating to hate propaganda, hate crimes and hate speech
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