Bail Delays

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Virani is urging the House of Commons to accept changes the Senate made to the government’s bail reform package.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Bail reforms making release tougher for repeat offenders pass in Ottawa

Changes come after calls from provinces, police to make bail more difficult for violent offenders

 

What Attorney-General Niki Sharma has called ‘targeted changes’ could make it easier for courts to deny bail to repeat violent offenders by spring 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ottawa could toughen bail laws as early as spring: B.C. attorney general

Changes would target repeat violent offenders among other measures

 

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma looks on during the swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. pushes bail reform forward in talks with feds

Twenty-three organizations will receive $5 million in grants