The proposed changes include new reverse-onus bail conditions aimed at people charged with serious violent offences involving a weapon who were convicted of a similar offence in the previous five years
Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has introduced new legislation to reform Canada’s bail system, reacting to calls for tougher laws from premiers, the police and opposition parties.include new reverse-onus bail conditions aimed at people charged with serious violent offences involving a weapon who were convicted of a similar offence in the previous five years.
The legislation announced Tuesday would also add a number of firearms offences to existing reverse-onus provisions, and expand them for offences involving intimate partner violence. He said the goal of the bill is to improve public safety, but with an eye to making sure measures don’t disproportionately affect Indigenous and Black offenders or other vulnerable groups known to be overrepresented in the criminal-justice system.
British Columbia Attorney-General Niki Sharma said Tuesday that she welcomed the federal government’s plan for amendments to the Criminal Code.
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