Justice committee  We don't have a specific position on that issue. Certainly, while we commend the government for its work in the area of bail, there are still some areas that need work, one of them being the increasing use of reverse onus provisions. That seems to work against the principle of re

Justice committee  I think the question suggests further study. There does seem to be an element of arbitrariness, albeit a bright line, between when a prelim will be available and when it won't. There are a lot of offences that might require a prelim where it will be lost. Arguably, there are some

Justice committee  I think the data shows that it will have very little impact, if any. There are very few cases in the Ontario Court of Justice that involve prelims, relatively speaking. While it sounds like we're going to cut out 87% of preliminary inquiries, which sounds impressive, the reality