Canada's new justice minister said on Monday that the government will act to address the heightened sense of insecurity felt by certain sections of the population, though 'empirically' it is unlikely Canadians are less safe from crime, he said.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani takes the oath of office as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 26, 2023.
An April poll by Leger found nearly two-thirds of Canadians surveyed thought crime had gotten worse where they lived. Virani is a lawyer by profession and this will be his first cabinet position. But he said he has experience as parliamentary secretary on the justice file. "That evidence cannot be denied ... A responsible government needs to be in tune to what Canadians are seeking."The government has yet to decide whether to allow advance requests for assisted death and whether to allow people under 18 to access medical aid in dying if they are deemed to have decision-making capacity.
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