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Meaningful bail reform requires community supports not ‘more policing, more court work, and more corrections’: Sen. Pate

NDP justice critic Randall Garrison says the overrepresentation of marginalized Canadians in prison poses a long-term threat to public safety that must be balanced with the immediate threat of repeat offenders.

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BY STUART BENSON
March 29, 2023

News | BY STUART BENSON | March 29, 2023

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As Trudeau reflects on his political future, a flurry of post-Trudeau leadership politics already unfolding behind the scenes

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Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China

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AFN national chief urges politicians to ‘put their politics aside’ to support First Nations’ access to clean water

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House, Senate get green light for 2025-26 spending asks

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Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures

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Prime Minister’s Office confirms it cancelled year-end media interviews following fallout from Freeland’s bombshell mic drop

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

The PMO cancelled interviews with at least seven outlets: Global News, CBC, CTV, Radio-Canada, TVA Nouvelles, and a joint interview with CityNews and OMNI Television. Spark Advocacy’s Bruce Anderson says if 'your plan is to challenge Canadians to follow your leadership in an impending economic/trade crisis, as a way of saving your leadership, you do not give up these communications platforms.'

Prime Minister’s Office confirms it cancelled year-end media interviews following fallout from Freeland’s bombshell mic drop

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

The PMO cancelled interviews with at least seven outlets: Global News, CBC, CTV, Radio-Canada, TVA Nouvelles, and a joint interview with CityNews and OMNI Television. Spark Advocacy’s Bruce Anderson says if 'your plan is to challenge Canadians to follow your leadership in an impending economic/trade crisis, as a way of saving your leadership, you do not give up these communications platforms.'

Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle fails to quiet doubts about his future

Trudeau promotes eight Liberal MPs, moves ministers in long-awaited cabinet shuffle

Senate standoff sees Conservatives wield ‘exceptional and rarely used’ motion, putting two private members’ bills on ice

Proposed bail reform could harm rather than protect Canadians

OpinionBY EMILIE COYLE

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Politics This Morning: Lametti’s bail bill ready for the House

Uptick in violent crime ‘definitely has political implications,’ say pollsters, as Conservatives’ push for bail reform, tough-on-crime policies lays groundwork for campaign

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Politics This Morning: To budget boast, from coast to coast

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Proposed bail reform could harm rather than protect Canadians

OpinionBY EMILIE COYLE

Recent discourse on bail reform is pushing law and policy in a direction that will harm rather than protect Canadians by further restricting access to an already onerous bail system while seemingly ignoring social science research.

Proposed bail reform could harm rather than protect Canadians

OpinionBY EMILIE COYLE

Recent discourse on bail reform is pushing law and policy in a direction that will harm rather than protect Canadians by further restricting access to an already onerous bail system while seemingly ignoring social science research.

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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.’

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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.’

Politics This Morning: Lametti’s bail bill ready for the House

Plus, Sabia, Raitt and Brown talk McKinsey.

Politics This Morning: Lametti’s bail bill ready for the House

Plus, Sabia, Raitt and Brown talk McKinsey.

Uptick in violent crime ‘definitely has political implications,’ say pollsters, as Conservatives’ push for bail reform, tough-on-crime policies lays groundwork for campaign

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A recent poll found that 65 per cent of Canadians believe crime and violence have gotten worse compared to pre-pandemic times, and that 81 per cent want tougher penalties for those found guilty of committing violent crimes.

Uptick in violent crime ‘definitely has political implications,’ say pollsters, as Conservatives’ push for bail reform, tough-on-crime policies lays groundwork for campaign

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A recent poll found that 65 per cent of Canadians believe crime and violence have gotten worse compared to pre-pandemic times, and that 81 per cent want tougher penalties for those found guilty of committing violent crimes.