The federal government will move forward quickly on a “targeted reform” of Canada’s bail system, Justice Minister David Lametti said after meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts to discuss new bail legislation. “The reforms will address the challenges posed by repeat violent offenders, as well as offences committed involving the use of firearms and other…

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Dec. 30 that the Liberal government’s reform of bail policies have made the country less safe and should be reversed in light of the death of a police officer at the alleged hands of a repeat offender. Canada should “keep the small number of repeat habitual violent offenders…