“Ford and Downey have passed a law they know will be struck down, so they can launch a performative attack when it is. And in doing so, they deliberately undermine confidence in courts, plow under the Charter and civil liberties, and use real human suffering to manufacture a political grievance.
Ontario’s cash bail law will be found unconstitutional. And when Ford inevitably expresses outrage that a judge has done exactly what everyone knew a judge would do, remember this: that won’t mean his plan failed. It will mean it worked exactly as intended.”
