It's the latest in a series of public safety-related announcements the Ford government has made this week
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.On Thursday, the province announced $112 million for various programs intended to crack down on what the government says is a broken bail system. The province is creating a new "bail compliance and warrant apprehension grant" that'll establish "bail compliance teams," according to a release.
Finally, the Tories will also spend around $14 million to deploy an electronic bail monitoring system across the province. The announcement comes after other public safety-related moves earlier in the week. On Tuesday, the government said its scrapping plans to require a post-secondary education for new police recruits, and will cover the 13-week training course at the Ontario Police College. On Wednesday, Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced funding for programs that help ex-convicts find jobs.
Some of the province-specific recommendations include spending more money to help prosecutors with bail hearings and spending more to train justices of the peace on bail provisions. Earlier this month, the Tories also passed a motion in the house calling on the feds to "implement meaningful bail reform to prevent violent and repeat offenders from being released back into our communities.
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