Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti says he is open to amending bail laws, which have come under increased scrutiny following the shooting death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer.
of "using tragedies to try to score political points" on a complicated issue.
Critics point to Criminal Code changes the Liberals introduced with Bill C-75, which became law in 2019 and was designed in part to "modernize and streamline" bail procedures. "Bail is the rule; remand and custody is the exception," Murray Rankin said of the changes caused by Bill C-75. "It's very hard, unless there are public safety issues, for our Crown counsel to put people away when there's a good reason to believe they should be in custody to protect the community.
Justice Minister Lametti now says the government will work "in good faith" to fix "what we feel we can fix."
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