Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will introduce the “Jail Not Bail Act” to make it more difficult for those accused of serious crimes to receive bail.
The legislation would modify Canada’s justice system by eliminating the requirement for judges to release individuals accused of crimes at the “earliest reasonable opportunity and on the least onerous conditions possible,” a stipulation that was established under Liberal Bill C-75, Poilievre said during a Sept. 11 press conference in Woodbridge, Ont.
The Tory leader said the bill would also introduce a new major offences category that requires those accused of charges like sexual assault, kidnapping, human trafficking, home invasion, robbery, arson, and firearms crimes to “prove that it is safe to release them on bail.”…