Plans are in the works for a meeting of Canada's justice ministers on March 10 in Ottawa to discuss tougher rules for people seeking bail.
Manitoba Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said the date was contained in an email Thursday from the office of federal Justice Minister David Lametti.
Lametti said earlier this month he would give the idea serious consideration and that it would be discussed at a meeting with provincial and territorial ministers.They want people who commit violent offences with knives and modified bear spray to also face more stringent conditions when they apply for bail.
Critics have been pushing the federal government to change a law it passed in 2019 that updated bail provisions in the Criminal Code. Police were also granted more power to place conditions on accused individuals to streamline the bail process and reduce the number of needed court appearances."Our prosecutors are saying it's almost impossible to speak against and argue against bail.""Work is already underway to develop legislative and non-legislative options to address the particular challenges of repeat violent offenders," Lametti's office wrote in a prepared statement.
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