Opinion: Liberal record on criminal law reform is deeply disappointing
This Liberal federal government is hardly liberal when it comes to reforming criminal justice.
The most significant change to our criminal justice system has not come from the Liberal government, but from the Supreme Court of Canada. The Jordan decision significantly enhanced the right of the accused to a trial within a reasonable delay and called out the culture of complacency plaguing our criminal justice system.
Many Jordan-driven initiatives, however, display a one-dimensional obsession with
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