The judge is going to apply the primary, secondary, and tertiary grounds. On the fact that a person doesn't have any criminal record, the fact that it's not available, if the facts as presented to the bail hearing at that particular point in time determine that this person should not be released.... Let's say they are from Alberta and the offence takes place in Ontario. They're not going to be released unless there's a cash bail, because they may not show up—they have no roots. There's no question about it: the justice of the peace can make a decision, not based on even a criminal record.
On April 4th, 2017. See this statement in context.