THE UNUSED PROCEDURE FOR BAIL VIOLATIONS

Our government has introduced new measures to “streamline certain administration of justice offences out of the traditional court system where no harm has been caused to victims.” In other words, where there has been such a bail violation, instead of arresting the person, holding them overnight in a jail cell and conducting another bail hearing, …

PARTIAL AND INCREMENTAL CHANGE IS INSUFFICIENT

They didn’t even remove from the Criminal Code the mandatory minimum sentences that have been declared unconstitutional. They try to minimize the effects of drug criminalization but they won’t decriminalize it. Decades of additions, deletions, amendments and changes stacked upon changes, sections of the Criminal Code that have 30 or more subsections have made criminal …