Legislative Background: An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as enacted (Bill C-75 in the 42^nd Parliament)

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Background
  • Key Litigation
    • R v Jordan
    • R v Williamson
    • R v Cody
    • R v Picard
    • R v Boudreault
  • Provincial/Territorial Perspectives
  • Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
  • Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System
  • Overview of Challenges Facing the Criminal Justice System
• Overview of Former Bill C-75
  • Bail
    • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Administration of Justice Offences
    • Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)
  • Preliminary Inquiries
  • Reclassification of Offences
    • Agents
    • DNA Orders
    • Identification of Criminals Act
  • Judicial Case Management
    • Routine Police Evidence
    • Rules of Court
  • Additional Efficiency Measures
    • Guilty Pleas
    • Prosecutorial Authority
    • Remote Appearances
    • Judicial Signatures
    • Re-election Timeframe for Mode of Trial
    • Out-of-Province Warrants
    • Juries
  • Other YCJA Amendments
    • Obligation to consider seeking adult sentence
    • Lifting publication bans on youth sentences
    • Placement reports
  • Other Amendments
    • Victim surcharge (Bill C-28)
    • Exploitation and trafficking in persons (Bill C-38)
    • Unconstitutional provisions (Bill C-39)
  • Coming into force
• Annex A: Statistics and Research

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