David Lametti said the government is committed to ensuring public safety, and changes to the bail system must not exacerbate the overrepresentation of Indigenous and Black people within Canadian jails
, including processes for courts to deny bail. And they say that the notion the country has a “catch-and-release” bail system – as some politicians, particularly federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, have said – is false.
The committee heard extensively Monday about Bill C-75. The law acted to codify a landmark 2017 Supreme Court decision, known as. That court decision requires police and courts to release individuals at the earliest reasonable opportunity – and not apply unnecessary release conditions. Mr. Lametti noted that the bill did not modify the tests that determine when an accused person may be released by a court, and told the committee the legislation has been the subject of significant “misinformation.”
The premiers called for “reverse onus” bail provisions to be expanded to include a specific firearms-related offence. Reverse onus means that instead of the Crown needing to prove an alleged offender should be denied bail, as is usual, the accused must show why they should receive it.
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