Like ‘completing a marathon’: lead staffer on C-14 talks legislative process, Hill journey

From taking part in bail hearings to leading the effort to reform the laws that guide them, Keith Torrie says his practical experience lent him important perspectives in the making of C-14.

After having a hand in multiple pieces of legislation over the years, Keith Torrie was tapped as the justice minister’s lead on the effort that became Bill C-14.Photograph courtesy of Keith Torrie

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 29, 2026

Keith Torrie was watching on CPAC from Toronto when Bill C-14, the federal government’s Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, cleared its final parliamentary hurdle on June 15. After more than a year spent shepherding the bill through the drafting and legislative processes as th...

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