OTTAWA - Per capita spending on criminal justice — including federal and provincial jails, court costs and policing — has climbed 23 per cent over...

BURNABY, B.C. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced legislation Friday that places new restrictions on violent offenders deemed not criminally res...

OTTAWA - Applications for criminal record suspensions, formerly known as pardons, have plummeted since the Conservative government finalized tough new...

The government's omnibus crime bill was back in the House of Commons Tuesday after it was amended last week in the Senate and it could be...

OTTAWA -- Canada's senators burnt the midnight oil Thursday as they wrapped up debate on the Conservatives' controversial crime bill. The Tories' m...

OTTAWA - Restricting house arrest is going to cost the provinces and territories almost $140 million a year, produce fewer convictions and reduce the ...

The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee passed Conservative amendments to the government's controversial omnibus crime legi...

The federal government's proposed omnibus crime bill could free more accused criminals than it incarcerates, according to the Canadian Ba...

OTTAWA - The Conservative government's massive new crime bill runs counter to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on aboriginal justice, Nunavut's justic...

Canada needs to focus more on the rights of victims and less on offenders, and the omnibus crime bill doesn't do enough to shift the focu...

OTTAWA - The Conservative government's massive new crime bill is getting a sober second look from the Senate, and the controversial legislation is exp...

The corrections officers’ union voiced its opposition to the much-discussed omnibus crime legislation Bill C-10, which they say puts mo...

TORONTO - The omnibus federal crime bill will cost Ontario more than $1 billion in increased police and court costs, the province's Liberal government...

Experts in Nova Scotia say the federal government's planned youth crime bill is misguided and runs counter to statistical evidence. ...

When it comes to the Harper government's omnibus crime legislation, the Senate's sober second thought will carry over into the new year, ...

The Conservative Party’s tactics have gone beyond the realm of acceptable partisan activity and are not just politics as usual, Montreal Liberal MP ...

The federal government's omnibus crime bill passed the final vote 157-127 in the House of Commons on Monday night. Earlier Monday, Justice Minister...

Opposition MPs are not giving up on their attempts to amend the omnibus crime bill as debate resumed in the House of Commons on Tuesday. ...

The Conservative government is thinking of permanently bringing back tough anti-terrorism measures that civil libertarians decry, despite the fact Can...