OTTAWA – The Commons has passed legislation to tightens the rules on parole.
Under the bill, convicts no longer have the right to apply for parole after serving a-third of their time for non-violent crimes, including fraud.
They’ll now have to serve a third of their time before they can apply for parole.
The vote was 185-to-105, with the Tories and Bloc Quebecois voting yes, and the Liberals and NDP voting no.
The Bloc says it supported the bill because of a number of high-profile fraud cases in Quebec.
That includes Earl Jones, a former Montreal investment adviser who defrauded 150 people out of $50-million.
When Jones appeared in court a year ago this month, he was sentenced to 11 years after pleading guilty to two fraud charges.
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