Bill C-75

• Bail changes and violent reoffending related: Edmonton police

  Edmonton police say 2022 saw the highest number of violent crime incidents ever reported in a single year in the city.

  Canada

  Apr 21
  
• Does Canada need tougher bail laws? Officer’s death prompts calls for reform

  Canada's carceral system has more legally innocent people behind bars than it does people who have been convicted of a crime, according to 2018-19 figures from Statistics Canada.

  Canada

  Jan 5
  
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• Legal reforms after Gerald Stanley case causing confusion

  The federal government's removal of peremptory challenges has caused confusion in Canadian courts. There has been no definitive ruling in Saskatchewan as to how it will affect trials.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2020
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• Man convicted in murder of Toronto grandmother planning appeal after Ontario court ruling

  Scores of serious criminal cases where judges denied the use of peremptory challenges could require new trials.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2020
• Ontario appeal court rules on how changes to legal process should be applied in the province

  The Court of Appeal for Ontario says amendments that affect who is entitled to a preliminary inquiry should not apply to those who requested one before the changes took effect in September.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2019
• Dates set for preliminary inquires into 2 of 91 sex charges against former Halifax coach, teacher

  The preliminary inquiries will be held in April. 

  Crime

  Nov 12, 2019
• Criminal Code changes further complicate, delay historical Nova Scotia sex-offence case

  Michael Patrick McNutt was a volunteer coach in the 1980s and was employed as a teacher with the former Halifax Regional School Board until the mid-1990s.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2019
• Ontario court upholds changes to jury selection brought in as part of sweeping legal reforms

  The government moved to amend the jury selection process following the controversial acquittal of Gerald Stanley.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2019
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• St Albert MP predicts more months of delays in erasing ‘zombie laws’

  The Criminal Code clean-up legislation that Bret McCann asked for in December 2016 has been rolled into another bill in Ottawa and the MP for St. Albert complains it's still months away from happening.

  Canada

  May 31, 2018