The challenge, especially when it comes to cash bails, is that Crowns are very hesitant to insist on serious cash bails, especially for folks without means.
We also know that this is often a problem with sureties. In fact, there was some discussion about the fact that we need to re-evaluate the way that sureties are able to place a bond as opposed to placing hard cash. This is something that is also absent from this legislation.
I think Ms. Kronis is correct in saying that not much is going to change. We're going to be back here again and again until we decide that the ladder principle is going to be repealed, and that is something that every police association in the country is calling for.
Why is the Liberal government failing to repeal the principle of restraint and the ladder principle?