It still vests discretion for bail matters in judges, particularly when you're dealing with violent repeat offenders to still be granted bail. The bill clearly states that when a justice makes a decision to release, it has to be on the least onerous conditions. I want to talk about that, because it's one thing that we're not talking about in this committee—the sufficiency and the degree by which conditions need to be established.
I have heard horror stories across this country of judges refusing to list conditions because it's an invitation to breach, or they're not addressing conditions reflective of the crime and the impact to the community or the victims, or they're making a joke of the promise to pay by requiring offenders to pay 5¢.
This is what's happening in downtown Toronto as we speak.
Do you think that type of activism by our judges is appropriate to deal with community and victim safety?