The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society said they met with Justice Minister Arif Virani and expressed concerns.
The bill specifically targets those who are charged with a serious violent offence involving a weapon in cases where the person was convicted of a similar offence within the last five years.
That pressure had mounted on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government after a string of high-profile incidents as the Opposition Conservatives charged that the anxieties Canadians have about rising crime rates is a result of Liberal justice policies.Article content “We’re particularly alarmed because we have been meeting with the government about this bill,” he said.
Heading into the Liberal cabinet meeting Tuesday, Virani said the new bail measures do not reverse the presumption of innocence. “I would like to see the Senate deal with this crucial piece of legislation as swiftly as possible, consistent with the unanimously expressed will of the House of Commons, and the wishes of provincial and territorial governments across Canada,” Sen. Marc Gold said in a statement.Article content
He shared concerns about the knock-on effects of making bail more challenging to obtain, including the worry that more people could enter false guilty pleas so as to leave pre-trial detention sooner and await sentencing.
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