On April 16, Cassandra Richards, Co-chair of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association Legislation (CLA) Committee, appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ study of Bill C-14
On April 16, 2026, Cassandra Richards, Co-chair of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association Legislation (CLA) Committee, appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs‘ study of Bill C-14, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act on behalf of the CLA. You can watch the CLA’s submissions here.
The CLA made three key recommendations to the Committee:
- Remove section 515(2.11), which would bar individuals convicted of an indictable offence within the past 10 years from acting as a surety;
- Remove the “clearly demonstrate” language in section 515(6);
- Remove clauses 43(1) and (2), which restrict access to conditional sentence orders for certain offences.
While the CLA welcomes some of the proposed amendments in Bill C-14, we have serious concerns about the impact that many of these changes will have on already marginalized communities.
Read our written submissions here.
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