An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Act (parole review)

Bill S-281 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (S.C. 1992, c. 20) to expand the Parole Board of Canada's review framework. Adds a mandatory public-impact-statement consideration to parole hearings (currently victims and victims' families can submit statements but they are not always proactively solicited), requires the Parole Board to publish written reasons for parole-grant or parole-denial decisions, and creates an Independent Parole Decision Review mechanism for victims' families. Builds on the 2015 Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (S.C. 2015, c. 13, s. 2). Did not pass third reading.