Alberta demands bail changes to keep more 'violent, repeat offenders' locked up

Alberta's justice minister wants Ottawa to repeal a four-year-old bill he argues has "made it far too easy for offenders to get bail" and victimize more people. The demand comes ahead of a Friday meeting on bail reform between federal and provincial justice officials. “Bill C-75 directs the courts to release offenders at the earliest opportunity and with the least onerous conditions," Tyler Shandro wrote in a statement. “We’ve seen the predictable consequences of this play out