B.C. Premier David Eby says that more than half of cases where prosecutors seek jail time for an offence are being turned down by the courts.
In an April 21 statement following a meeting between the country’s premiers—called the Council of the Federation—and chiefs of police, Eby said that “Canadians are concerned about the crime and violence they’re seeing in their neighbourhoods, on their way to work and in public places like transit and parks.”
Eby said the urgent meeting between the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and his fellow premiers made it clear that each jurisdiction has to take action and pressure the federal government to implement bail reform….