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The Conservative government’s omnibus crime legislation, due ‘‘within 100 days,’’ will mark a watershed moment in Canadian legal history, imposing many controversial changes to how police and the courts operate, experts say.

The bill is sweeping in scale and scope: It is expected to usher new mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes — growing five marijuana plants to sell the drug would automatically bring six months in jail — and for certain sexual offences against children. It will expand police powers online without court orders, reintroduce controversial aspects of the Anti-Terrorism Act that expired in 2007, end house arrest for serious crimes, and impact young offenders and their privacy.

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“This bundle of crime legislation represents the most comprehensive agenda for crime reform since the Criminal Code was introduced,” said Steven Skurka, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer.The omnibus legislation — which is expected to combine upward of a dozen bills, some of which failed to pass Parliament under minority-government rule — is one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s top priorities when Parliament resumes June 2. He promised during the election campaign to pass the bill within his government’s first 100 sitting days, and it is likely to whiz through the House of Commons and the Senate now that both are firmly under Tory control.