PERFORMATIVE POLITICS – Doug Ford wants to fix the bail system. Legal change is within the purview of the federal government. Implementation of criminal law is within the purview of the provincial government. If Doug Ford wants to fix the bail system he can properly fund and resource our overburdened bail courts. #bail #courts #resources #funding https://globalnews.ca/news/9451812/ontario-bail-reform/
Canada’s drug decriminalization experiment begins. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-drugs-british-columbia-1.6727814
PERSON CHARGED WITH FIREARM OFFENCES. Police don’t provide evidence to the Crown or Defence for over 1 year. What if this person had been denied bail? https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/18/judge-tosses-gun-case-over-toronto-police-delays-bordering-on-negligent.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=0B41BB051FF7EA38DB4BDD5E33BA3AB2&utm_campaign=frst_162494
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE A POLICE OFFICER READS TO YOU YOUR RIGHTS TO COUNSEL AND ASKS IF YOU WISH TO TALK TO A LAWYER YOUR ANSWER IS ALWAYS “YES!“ https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/criminal/police-did-not-breach-right-to-counsel-of-man-convicted-of-cocaine-mdma-possession-oca/372975?utm_source=GA&e=ZGpyZWV2ZUBiZWxsbmV0LmNh&utm_medium=20230119&utm_campaign=LTW-Newsletter-20230119&utm_content=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D&tu=60340243-7A36-40AE-831C-5923AFD1310D
“WHEN IT COMES TO BAIL REFORM BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.” “Simplistic, tough-on-crime responses to similar tragedies in the past put in motion a pendulum that has now swung in the other direction. Canada has wrestled for decades with a bail system that many experts, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada, believe is overcautious and risk-averse to a fault. But everyone involved should remember that tougher bail conditions are what brought the pendulum out of equilibrium in the first place.” #criminallaw #bail #reform https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-when-if-comes-to-bail-reform-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/
