Justice committee  Not if they have been detained because they had a second and perhaps spurious outstanding charge. That's an important factor to take into account. This bill has the potential to have a grossly disparate and unfair effect on those kinds of people. People who may be entirely innoce

Justice committee  Well, I suppose if the House decides that letting people who have served a full sentence out without any progressive release is called for, that's up to the House. We have known for probably almost a century now that progressive release is the only way that really serves the publ

Justice committee  Thank you. One of the issues that hasn't really been discussed is why people are denied bail. It was alluded to in my friend's presentation when he talked about the disproportionate number of aboriginal offenders. I would call them people who are detained who are alleged to have

Justice committee  Could I add one brief comment to that? I would simply like to point out that both the Attorney General for Ontario and the current minister agree with those mathematical calculations. That is not in question, in my view.

Justice committee  Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for this opportunity. In terms of the public perception of the current system, one thing that the Attorney General of Ontario and the current minister I think have both acknowledged is that the mathematical soundness of the two-for-one principle