Justice committee  The day-to-day realities that I see and deal with on behalf of victims are that most offenders are released quickly and repeatedly, and it's for domestic violence and a wide range of violent offences. They're released starting right from when they're arrested by the police and released on undertakings, and they can have a criminal record for it, previous offences, and then they're held for bail court and oftentimes released on consent by the Crown on their own recognizance or undertaking, with conditions of no contact, not within 50 metres of a victim, and no weapons.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  The people who are in custody who I see are not being denied bail. They're in custody at the defence's request for an adjournment. Some may be in a “bail set not met position”, but most requests are remand at their lawyer's request for different reasons that I wouldn't know.

Justice committee  If more people were denied bail, that would result in more people being remanded after being denied bail, but currently, from what I see, people are not being remanded as a result of being denied bail.

Justice committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for your time and for allowing me this opportunity to present to you on the issue of bail reform. It is an issue that's having a significant impact in Ontario. I'm hopeful that positive changes will be made to better protect victims in communities as a result of this inquiry.