Coalition calls for Senators to recognize the real crisis facing Canada’s bail system instead of making bail more difficult to obtain
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måndag, oktober 2, 2023
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However, they emphasize that responses like Bill C-48 push Canada’s bail system in a direction that will harm rather than protect the public.
Key Points:
- However, they emphasize that responses like Bill C-48 push Canada’s bail system in a direction that will harm rather than protect the public.
- This will not end gender-based violence or make survivors of intimate partner violence safer.
- “The real crisis in Canada’s bail system are the appalling conditions in our overcrowded provincial and territorial jails,” says Emilie Coyle, Executive Director of CAEFS.
- This includes the funding of appropriate research; the implementation of an external, independent evaluation of Canada’s bail system; and the funding of community supports and social services.