A conditional sentence, as originally enacted in 1996, is a term of imprisonment (sometimes called "house arrest") that may be served in the community if the following preconditions were met: An Act ...
The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that changing the rules for conditional sentences could cost taxpayers an extra $145 million because of increased parole reviews and prosecutions ...
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that sentencing an Indigenous person to a jail term instead of a conditional sentence does not violate the Constitution in cases of crimes involving maximum ...