Conservative attacks ignore bail’s role as effective ‘tool of public safety,’ says NDP justice critic

Former police officer Gregory Brown says the lack of sufficient accountability and supervision of bail conditions are the criminal justice system's 'dirty little secret.’

Justice Minister David Lametti introduced the Liberals' bail-reform legislation on May 16, which would make it more difficult to receive bail for repeat violent offenders, those accused of violent offences with a weapon, and those accused of intimate partner violence.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

May 24, 2023

Following the Liberal government's recently proposed changes to make it harder for those accused of violent offences to be released on bail, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the legislation does not go far enough and that his government would go a step further, outr...

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