M-23 Criminal justice policies

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should work to reform and strengthen our criminal justice system and that such reforms should include: (a) repealing all mandatory minimum sentences from the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; (b) repealing the (i) Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, formerly known as Bill C-14, (ii) Truth in Sentencing Act, formerly known as Bill C-25, (iii) Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act, formerly known as Bill C-309; (c) ending the trend of criminalizing mental health issues in Canada, including (i) increasing community-based, voluntary mental health supports in order to decrease the number of people with mental health issues who enter the criminal justice system in the first place, (ii) taking concrete steps to end the overrepresentation of people with mental health issues in the criminal justice system, at arrest, sentencing, and after sentencing as provided for under section 29 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, including decarceration strategies and social, economic and mental health support for people with mental health issues, (iii) providing meaningful support and treatment in prisons; (d) ending the use of solitary confinement and administrative segregation of prisoners and ceasing the practice of “double bunking”; (e) taking concrete steps to end the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system, including decarceration strategies and social and economic support for indigenous communities; (f) taking measures to significantly reduce the number of people in pre-trial detention; (g) reforming and enhancing the legal aid system to ensure that access to justice is universal; (h) overhauling the graduated release system to promote an effective, humane, and safe reintegration of federal prisoners in the community; (i) reforming the record suspension and pardon system to make it automatic, free, and fair; (j) reinstating the Law Reform Commission and Court Challenges programme; (k) implementing programs that promote real rehabilitation, including reinstating the Prison Farm program; (l) renewing the Correctional Investigator of Canada Howard Sapers's term and task the appropriate committee to craft a plan to implement the outstanding recommendations of that office; and (m) making necessary policy changes following the British Columbia model to afford trans inmates the dignity and equality that all people deserve, including housing, clothing, and health care provisions, in consultation with the inmate, according to their self-identified gender.