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Toronto Police ask Trudeau to fix bail, justice system

BRIAN LILLEY

Add the Toronto Police Chief and the head of the Police Services Board to the list of people asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reform Canada bail and justice system.

Chief Myron Demkiw and board chair Ainsworth Morgan wrote a letter to Trudeau adding their names to the calls for bail reform while also asking for other specific changes to the criminal code around gun crime.

All 13 premiers of every province and territory recently wrote to Trudeau asking for changes to the bail system that see violent re-offenders back out on the street. The Trudeau government changed bail conditions in the criminal code in 2019 making bail the default position for a judge, something critics of the move say has led to a rise in crime.

In their letter, Demkiw and Morgan pointed to Toronto Police data on people granted bail for gun charges who were then rearrested on gun charges. In 2021, 165 people in Toronto who were out on bail for gun charges were re- arrested including 98 who were arrested for gun charges and 67 for non-gun charges.

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