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As part of the crackdown on crime, (Manitoba) officials indicated they will continue to lobby the federal government to change the Criminal Code to make it tougher for violent offenders to get bail. (Manitoba) Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen is expected to go to Ottawa later this week to push the issue with colleagues from other provinces.
Would be surprised if the feds were receptive to that as they've only just recently loosened things up.
The meeting in Ottawa happened today and it looks like it may have been successful. I guess we’ll find out for sure later this spring.
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As Canada grapples with an apparent surge in crime, federal Justice Minister David Lametti said Friday the government will make it more difficult for some criminal offenders to get out on bail.
Lametti made the commitment after meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Ottawa — ministers who earlier this year urged Lametti to make changes to close bail loopholes they say make the country's communities more dangerous.
Lametti said the government will "move forward quickly on targeted reforms" to the country's bail regime.
I don't know how "gang" is defined, but the Maritimes were pretty tough 50 years ago. Halifax had a reputation of the worst city in Canada for street turf, and Saint John not far behind. Even Moncton, teenage gangs controlled the Riverview bridge. But none of this was at the big-money gang presence involving adult king-pins of today.
In St. John's, police walked the beat unarmed, until the 80s.
If police did pack heat, “Rowdyman” would have come to a bad end.
Going to be tough to find a middle ground because cracking down on crime will mean jailing more of the kinds people the government thinks are already too numerous in the prison population.
Going to be tough to find a middle ground because cracking down on crime will mean jailing more of the kinds people the government thinks are already too numerous in the prison population.
They are also too numerous in the victim population… murder, domestic assaults, etc.
They are also too numerous in the victim population… murder, domestic assaults, etc.
Totally agree but for some reason these days it never factors into these discussions.
Neither here nor in that other country.
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