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Rules on speedy criminal trials

C-258 An Act to amend the Criminal Code to address the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Jordan

Adds court guidelines on speedy criminal trials into federal law, along with exceptions to those rules.

What Bill C-258 would do

The bill would write the Supreme Court of Canada's guidelines on an accused person's right to be tried within a reasonable time directly into the Criminal Code. It would also create exceptions to those rules for trials in superior and provincial courts. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to codify the analytical framework the Supreme Court of Canada set out in its decision in R. v. Jordan regarding the right of an accused awaiting trial before a superior or provincial court to be tried within a reasonable time, and to provide for exceptions to this framework.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Rhéal Éloi Fortin, Member of Parliament (Rivière-du-Nord)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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  1. ProposedDec 3, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since December 3, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since December 3, 2025.

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  3. Royal assent

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