Prevent people convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole, or house arrest
"This law will stop criminals convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole or house arrest, and keep violent criminals behind bars longer to keep them away from their victims and off our streets." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Require the strictest bail conditions for anyone accused of intimate partner violence, including GPS ankle bracelet monitoring and immediate imprisonment if conditions are breached
"New scanners and surveillance at ports. These scanners can see through walls of containers or vehicles to spot drugs, guns, and stolen cars." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Implement departure tracking to monitor overstays
"Departure tracking to monitor overstays so government officials know who is in Canada illegally." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Add a mix of 120 surveillance towers and 90 land-based truck bed-mounted drone systems to the border
"New drones and surveillance towers. Add a mix of 120 surveillance towers and 90 land- based truck bed-mounted drone systems to secure the border." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Use military at the border
"Utilize military assistance as appropriate to secure the border." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Expand Canada Border Services Agency's mandate to patrol anywhere along the border, not just at official crossings
Give border officers jurisdiction to stop border crossers in between regular ports of entry, so as to strengthen the border and stop guns from getting in
"We would hire thousands of new border officers and give them the right to stop border crossers in between regular ports of entry – to strengthen the border and stop guns before they get into Canada." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Build a new training centre for Canada Border Services Agency officers in Windsor
Prevent people convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole, or house arrest
"This law will stop criminals convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole or house arrest, and keep violent criminals behind bars longer to keep them away from their victims and off our streets." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Set a minimum prison term of 10 years for people convicted of three serious offences
"Poilievre will make sure that three-time serious criminals get a minimum prison term of 10 years and up to a life sentence. They will also be designated as Dangerous Offenders, meaning they cannot be released until they prove they are no longer a danger. The only way for these repeat serious criminals to obtain their freedom will be through spotless behaviour and clean drug tests during a lengthy minimum prison sentence, with earned release dependent on improving themselves and their life opportunities, such as by learning a trade or upgrading their education." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Repeal Bill C-75, which updated bail rules, changed how juries are selected, restored some judicial discretion in sentencing, and removed unconstitutional provisions from law, among other things
"We will repeal Bill C-75, the Liberals’ catch-and-release law, to restore jail, not bail for repeat, violent offenders." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
The changes that were made by Bill C-75, and that would be repealed by the bill's repeal, are detailed in the following from the government's website:
"The Act:
modernizes and clarifies bail provisions;
provides an enhanced approach to administration of justice offences, including for youth;
abolishes peremptory challenges of jurors and modifies the process of challenging a juror for cause and of judicial stand-by;
restricts the availability of preliminary inquiries;
streamlines the classification of offences;
expands judicial case management powers;
enhances measures to better respond to intimate partner violence;
provides additional measures to reduce criminal justice system delays and to make the criminal law and the criminal justice system clearer and more efficient;
restores judicial discretion in imposing victim surcharges;
facilitates human trafficking prosecutions, and allows for the possibility of property forfeiture;
removes provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional by the SCC; and
Create new aggravating factors for auto theft committed for organised crime, and for arson tied to extortion
Restore mandatory minimum sentences for some drug trafficking and production offences, and some weapon possession, trafficking, and use offences
"We will also repeal Liberal Bill C-5 that ended mandatory jail time for serious gun and drug crimes [...]" — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
The mandatory minimum sentences that were originally repealed by Bill C-5 and would be returned by a repeal of Bill C-5 are detailed in the following from the government's website:
"Criminal Code
The reforms to MMPs would only apply to certain offences, and would not limit the ability of a judge to impose a sentence of imprisonment, particularly where doing so is necessary to protect the safety of the public.
To address the overincarceration rate of Indigenous peoples, as well as Black and marginalized Canadians, MMPs for the following offences would be repealed:
Using a firearm or imitation firearm in commission of offence (two separate offences)
Paragraphs 85(3)(a) and (b): MMPs of 1 year (first offence) and 3 years (second and subsequent offence)
Possession of firearm or weapon knowing its possession is unauthorized (two separate offences)
Paragraphs 92(3)(b) and (c): MMP of 1 year (second offence) and 2 years less a day (third and subsequent offence)
Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
Paragraphs 95(2)(i) and (ii): MMPs of 3 years (first offence) and 5 years (second and subsequent offence)
Possession of weapon obtained by commission of offence
Paragraph 96(2)(a): MMP of 1 year
Weapons trafficking (excluding firearms and ammunition)
Subsection 99(3): MMP of 1 year
Possession for purpose of weapons trafficking (excluding firearms and ammunition)
Subsection 100(3): MMP of 1 year
Importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized
Subsection 103(2.1): MMP of 1 year
Discharging firearm with intent
Paragraph 244(2)(b): MMP of 4 years
Discharging firearm — recklessness
Paragraph 244.2(3)(b): MMP of 4 years
Robbery with a firearm
Paragraph 344(1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years
Extortion with a firearm
Paragraph 346(1.1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years
Selling, etc., of tobacco products and raw leaf tobacco
Subparagraphs 121.1 (4)(a)(i),(ii) and (iii): MMPs of 90 days (second offence), MMP of 180 days (third offence) and MMP of 2 years less a day (fourth and subsequent offence)
NOTE: Consistent with the Government’s related commitment to address the trafficking and smuggling of firearms in Canada and gang-related violence, MMPs would be maintained in the Criminal Code for the following offences:
Weapons trafficking
Subsection 99(2): MMP of 3 years (first offence) or 5 years (subsequent offences)
Possession for the purpose of weapons trafficking
Subsection 100(2): MMP of 3 years (first offence) or 5 years (subsequent offences)
Making automatic firearm
Subsection 102(2): MMP of 1 year
Importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized
Subsection 103(2): MMP of 3 years (first offence) or 5 years (subsequent offences)
Causing death by criminal negligence, use of firearm
Subsection 220(a): MMP of 4 years
Manslaughter, use of a firearm
Subsection 236(a): MMP of 4 years
Attempted murder, use of a firearm
Paragraph 239(1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Paragraph 239(1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
Discharging firearm with intent
Paragraph 244(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 year (subsequent offences) where firearm is restricted or prohibited or where the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Discharging firearm—recklessness
Paragraph 244.2(3)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 year (subsequent offences) where firearm is restricted or prohibited or where the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Sexual assault, use of firearm
Paragraph 272(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Paragraph 272(2)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
Aggravated sexual assault, use of a firearm
Paragraph 273(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Paragraph 273(2)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
Kidnapping, use of a firearm
Paragraph 279(1.1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Paragraph 279(1.1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
Hostage taking, use of a firearm
Paragraph 279.1(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Paragraph 279.1(2)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
Robbery with firearm
Paragraph 344(1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Extortion with a firearm
Paragraph 346(1.1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
To address the overincarceration rate of Indigenous peoples as well as Black Canadians and members of marginalized communities, MMPs would be repealed for all the offences in the CDSA:
Trafficking or possession for the purpose of trafficking (two separate offences)
Subparagraph 5(3)(a)(i): MMP of 1 year; Subparagraph 5(3)(a)(ii) – MMP of 2 years
Importing and exporting or possession for the purpose of exporting (two separate offences)
Paragraph 6(3)(a): MMP of 1 year; Paragraph 6(3)(a.1) – MMP of 2 years
Production of substance Schedule I or II (two offence)
Paragraph 7(2)(a): MMP of 3 years and 2 years; Subparagraph 7(2)(a.1)(i) and (ii) – MMPs of 1 year and 18 months"
Impose significant new mandatory minimum sentences on several crimes
"Life for five or more counts of human trafficking, importing or exporting ten or more illegal firearms, or trafficking, producing or exporting over 40mg of fentanyl.
15 years for traffickers caught with between 20mg to 40mg.
Five years for gang-affiliated extortion, four years for extortion with a firearm, and three years for all other extortion convictions.
Impose consecutive sentences for human trafficking convictions, and life sentences for some cases
"Combat human trafficking with consecutive sentences, automatic bail restrictions, and life sentences for the worst cases." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Impose minimum penalties and a new, more serious offence, and remove house arrest as a potential sentence, for organised theft
"Stop auto theft, extortion, fraud, and arson with new minimum penalties, no house arrest, and a new more serious offence for organized theft. The Liberals let crime run rampant in our streets by passing Bill C-5, which rolled back mandatory prison time and the ban on house arrest for serious offenders." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Impose pentalties for weapons in hospitals and assaults on healthcare workers
"Ensure safe hospitals with penalties for weapons in hospitals and assaults on healthcare workers." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Disallow parole for people convicted of murder if the body of the victim has not been found
"Provide closure for families with no parole without a body in murder cases. Convicted murderers should never be given parole when they are withholding information or evidence that grieving families can use to get closure." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Abolish automatic parole and replace it with performance-based earned release
"Implement earned release. Abolish automatic parole and replace it with performance-based earned release. End early release without evidence of meaningful rehabilitation to lower the threat to public safety and security." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to impose consecutive sentences for multiple-murderers
"Ensure consecutive sentences for mass murderers by restoring true life sentences for multiple murderers. The Supreme Court's shocking decision in the Alexandre Bissonnette case resulted in the sentences of some of Canada’s most notorious killers being reduced, giving them a chance to walk free early." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
"Poilievre will reintroduce the Protecting Canadians by Ending Sentence Discounts for Multiple Murders Act, which the Supreme Court of Canada struck down in 2022 because, in their opinion, it was too hard on mass murderers. Poilievre will restore this legislation using Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Remove house arrest as a sentence for indictable motor vehicle theft convictions
We don't have any NDP policies on Criminal sentencing.
Create a new offence of "assault of an intimate partner" to set tougher sentences for intimate partner abuse
Require the strictest bail conditions for anyone accused of intimate partner violence, including GPS ankle bracelet monitoring and immediate imprisonment if conditions are breached
Require killings of one's intimate partner, child, or partner's child to always be charged as first-degree murder
"End the senseless practice of downgrading the murder of an intimate partner to manslaughter, simply because the murderer claims it was a so-called “crime of passion”. A Conservative government will make sure that the murder of an intimate partner, one’s own child, or a partner’s child will be treated as first-degree murder." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Pass a law for AI deepfakes
We don't have any NDP policies on Gender-based and intimate partner violence.
Create Enhanced Weapons Prohibition Orders to subject repeat violent offenders to random searches with judicial oversight
"Create Enhanced Weapons Prohibition Orders to subject repeat violent offenders, including domestic violence, to random searches with judicial oversight." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Clear the gun licensing backlog
"Clear the licensing backlog so that hunters and sport shooters can enjoy their lawful pastimes sooner." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Add plain language to the Firearms Act
"Add plain language to the Firearms Act so that law-abiding Canadians and police can more easily understand and enforce the law." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Introduce new racketeering and money-laundering laws, with tougher sentences and full asset forfeiture
"Introduce new racketeering and money-laundering laws to crack down on money laundering by organized crime with tougher sentences and full asset forfeiture, which will be used to fund even more enforcement." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Create an anti-money laundering task force
"Crack down on money laundering and financial crime by creating an Anti-Money Laundering Task Force, dramatically increasing penalties, targeting high-risk regions, seizing criminal assets faster, and treating financial crime as a national security threat." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
We don't have any NDP policies on Money laundering.
"Put AEDs in RCMP vehicles in order to save lives. Canada faces a crisis in rural areas, where a lack of defibrillators results in deaths for people who have sudden cardiac arrests that could otherwise be alive today." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Repeal Bill C-83, a bill that limits use of solitary confinement, allows use of body scanners, and sets out factors to be considered when making decisions regarding Indigenous offenders, among other things
"Repeal Bill C-83. Canada’s most dangerous and sadistic criminals like Luka Magnotta and Paul Bernardo should always be held in maximum-security prisons. Instead, the Liberal Bill C-83 instituted changes that move these prisoners to less restrictive environments over time." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Incarcerate trans and non-binary offenders in prisons matching the gender they were assigned at birth, including imprisoning trans women in men's prisons
"Defend women’s safety by repealing Commissioner’s Directive 100, which allows male offenders to be housed in women’s prisons and ensure that women’s spaces and services remain protected in federal institutions and policy." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Repeal Commissioner's Directive 100, which requires training for correctional staff around gender identity and lets prisoners wear clothing, and be housed in penitentiaries, matching their their gender identity
"Defend women’s safety by repealing Commissioner’s Directive 100, which allows male offenders to be housed in women’s prisons and ensure that women’s spaces and services remain protected in federal institutions and policy." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Require drug-addicted prisoners to participate in recovery-oriented drug rehabilitation in prisons where addiction treatment is available
"Require recovery-oriented rehabilitation in prisons, ensuring that more serious offenders struggling with addiction participate in evidence-based therapeutic living programs in prison, where such treatment is available." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Impose tougher sentences for religious property mischief
Impose penalties for masked rioters
"Protect places of worship and stop antisemitic riots with tougher sentences for religious property mischief and penalties for masked rioters." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Create an Anti-Hate Crime Task Force to protect threatened religious and cultural communities, including Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu, and other religious communities
"Create an Anti-Hate Crime Task Force to protect all threatened religious and cultural communities, including Canada’s Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu, and other religious communities." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Direct CSIS to implement threat reduction measures, including communicating with Jewish communities about antisemitic threats
Direct CSIS to communicate with Chinese, Sikh, and other communities targeted by foreign threats
"Direct CSIS to implement threat reduction measures, including communicating with Jewish communities about antisemitic threats, along with Chinese, Sikh and other Canadian communities targeted by foreign threats." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Streamline access to the Security Infrastructure Program for places of worship, and community and cultural centres
We don't have any NDP policies on Threats against minorities.
