Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Nov 7, 2023
We are once again debating Bill C-48, Canada's new "bail reform" bill in the Senate this afternoon. What is Bill C-48? And what's wrong with it? Here's my semi-rant about why this bill is security "cos play" and will not make Canadians safer - but will erode our fundamental human rights. CONTENT WARNING - this contains some disturbing content. https://youtu.be/nc9vdjJ9n0U?si=zA-Gk4c4ECETyvGS #BillC48 #SenateofCanada #Canada #cdnpoli #bail #bailreform #reverseonus
SPEECH: Bill C-48 does not address Canada' true bail crisis

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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Sep 28, 2023
On Wednesday, Canada's new Justice Minister, Arif Virani, appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to defend the government's new bail bill, C-48, which reverses the onus for some people seeking bail - making bail potentially much harder to get, and putting pressures on the criminal justice system. I had some questions. He had some answers. Watch our exchange here: https://youtu.be/NU2CWU-4Ckk?si=qyjJKkBa80BEAYOq #SenateofCanada #bail #bailreform #cdnpoli #Canada #C48 #BillC48
LEGAL: Sen. Simons presses new Justice Minister on Charter rights, bail reform

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Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Sep 22, 2023
@taco Well, that is the question. Are these new reverse onus rules constitutional? I’m not usually a members of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, but I’ve been filling in recently. I hope to be able to ask just those questions of witnesses who are experts in constitutional and criminal law. #LCJC https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/lcjc/44-1 #SenateofCanada #C48 #BillC48
Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Sep 22, 2023
Bill C-48, designed to make significantly harder for people accused of certain violent crimes to be granted bailed was rushed through the House of Commons this week, approved instantly & unanimously without any committee study. But despite political pressure, senators are going to do their job of sober second thought. https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/09/21/house-of-commons-dropped-the-ball-on-rushing-liberal-bail-reform-bill-senate-hears/ #C48 #BillC48 #bail #bailreform #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli
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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Sep 22, 2023
@LALegault I spoke out about this in the Senate yesterday. I am deeply concerned about the way this bill is being hurried, without proper study or debate. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/21/house-of-commons-dropped-the-ball-on-rushing-liberal-bail-reform-bill-senate-hears/ #C48 #BillC48 #bail #reverseonus #SenateofCanada #Canada #cdnpoli
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BC Info BotMay 16, 2023
Global News BC: ‘Communities can’t wait’: B.C. urges Ottawa to pass bail reform bill https://globalnews.ca/news/9703167/bc-reaction-federal-bail-reform-bill/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #NanaimoAreaPublicSafetyAssociation #ChronicOffenders #RepeatOffenders #MikeFarnworth #CriminalCode #Nanaimocrime #Violentcrime #BailReform #NikiSharma #BillC48 #Crime
‘Communities can’t wait’: B.C. urges Ottawa to pass bail reform bill 

If passed, Bill C-48 would expand the set of circumstances under which the onus falls on a suspect to demonstrate why they should be let out on bail.

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