07-23-2025, 07:05 PM
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All the Premiers are calling on Carney to introduce his bail reform bill today. Part of their ongoing calls to the Federal government. It was one of his election campaign promises after all.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pre...care-1.7592018
Canada's premiers spent the final day of their summit discussing how to tackle violent crime, bail reform and health care.
Provincial and territorial leaders call on government to introduce bail reform bill
Earlier Wednesday the premiers entered their final day of talks calling on Carney to make good on his promise to introduce legislation in the fall sitting of Parliament that will make it harder for repeat violent offenders to get bail.
Holt told reporters that Canada's premiers have discussed bail reform in depth and they are all on the same page.
During the election campaign, Carney proposed changes to the bail system that would require repeat offenders, charged with crimes like home invasions, violent car theft or human trafficking, to prove they deserve bail before it is awarded. Right now, prosecutors have to prove that denying someone bail is justified.
Carney also pledged to toughen sentencing guidelines to allow for consecutive sentences for violent car theft, car theft involving criminal gangs and serious and violent offences.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...o-pm-1.7592543
Family of mother killed in Kelowna, B.C., calls for changes to justice system in letter to PM
Premier Eby said he delivered the letter from Bailey McCourt's family to the prime minister on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Eby said he has yet to receive an update from the prime minister regarding the letter, adding, "I certainly do hope to see a response in the form of criminal justice reform in the fall, particularly."
The leaders entered their final day of talks on Wednesday, calling on Carney to make good on his promise to introduce legislation in the fall sitting of Parliament that will make it harder for repeat violent offenders to get bail.
Shane McCourt, Bailey's father, told CBC News that the justice system was "extremely flawed," and he believed that the government was being too lax on violent offenders.
"This system failed her," McCourt said of his slain daughter. "She reached out many times, and our system, the laws that are out there now, failed to protect her.
"And now our family's paying the price.
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