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福特表示，他將全力支持首相馬克·卡尼，推動實施更嚴格的保釋法。
安大略省省長道格·福特呼籲聯邦政府收緊保釋製度，以保障公共安全，但專家指出，改善社會服務才是減少犯罪的解決方案。
福特政府數月來一直在推動保釋改革，而本月多倫多地區發生的一係列犯罪案件，包括皮爾地區曆史上最大的毒品案，讓福特的呼籲變得更加強烈。
本月初，警方繳獲了價值近5000萬美元的可卡因，逮捕了9人。此後，其中7名嫌疑人已獲得保釋。
“你能相信他們竟然在皮爾斯郡曆史上最大的一次緝毒行動中被釋放了嗎？這太瘋狂了，這個係統已經崩潰了，”福特在周三一場無關的新聞發布會上說道。
省長繼續表示，他將全力支持首相馬克·卡尼和聯邦政府推動保釋改革。
“他們需要修改《刑法》，他們需要修改保釋改革，我會全力支持他，”福特說道。
除了緝毒行動之外，福特自己的家也差點遭遇汽車盜竊，周二晚上，四名蒙麵男子試圖從他位於怡陶碧穀的車道上偷走一輛車。
“猜猜會發生什麽？他們又要回來了，”福特在接受記者采訪時談到此事時說道。
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省長繼續表示，司法係統“薄弱”。
“他們必須有骨氣……我們需要開始把這些人關進監獄，”他補充道。
省政府此前曾呼籲聯邦政府修改《刑法》，收緊保釋立法，其中包括呼籲恢複對嚴重犯罪的最低刑期。
專家稱，保釋改革並不能有效降低犯罪率
盡管福特聲稱該製度“薄弱”，但多倫多大學犯罪學教授安東尼·杜布表示，安大略省已經拘留了“大量”人。
“在安大略省，去年有49,891人被警方拘留，直到他們的案件結束，”杜布說。
皇後大學社會學教授妮可·邁爾斯也表示，保釋製度並不寬容，並表示加拿大在押的無辜者比被定罪者還多。
“我們省級監獄中80%的人在法律上是無辜的，20%的人是被定罪並判刑入獄的，”她說道。
她表示，許多關於保釋改革的建議隻會讓人們在這個已經很難獲得保釋的製度下更加難以獲得保釋。
杜布表示，試圖通過保釋改革來減少犯罪是“無稽之談”，相反，政府應該著眼於增加罪犯獲得社會服務的機會，以減少犯罪。
“你可以為他們提供穩定的住房，幫助他們輕鬆重返工作崗位，你可以采取各種措施，讓他們處於穩定的環境中，”他說。
邁爾斯強調，保釋製度不應被視為公共安全的責任，並敦促改善資金投入和社會支持渠道。
“如果我們真的認真對待公共安全，就需要考慮更大規模的改革或努力來支持民眾，而不是僅僅試圖加大懲罰力度和限製力度，”她說。
Doug Ford demands stricter bail laws in Ontario, but some experts say more social supports are the answer
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Ford says he will be 'all over' Prime Minister Mark Carney as he pushes for stricter bail laws.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the federal government to tighten bail access to increase public safety, but experts point to better access to social services as the solution to reduce crime.
While the Ford government has been pushing for bail reform for months, Ford’s calls have gotten louder during a series of crimes in the Toronto area this month, which includes the biggest drug bust in Peel region’s history.
Nine people were arrested after nearly $50 million of cocaine was seized earlier this month, since then, seven of the suspects have been released on bail conditions.
“Can you believe that they actually got released on the biggest drug bust in Peels’ history, it’s crazy, this system is broken,” Ford said at an unrelated press conference Wednesday.
The premier went on to say that he will be “all over” Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government as he pushes for bail reform.
“They need to change the Criminal Code, they need to change bail reform, I will be all over him,” Ford said.
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The premier went on to say that the justice system is “weak.”
“They have to get a backbone… we need to start throwing these people in jail,” he added.
The provincial government has previously called on the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to tighten bail legislation, this includes calling for the restoration of minimum sentences for serious crimes.
BAIL REFORM IS NOT EFFECTIVE TO REDUCE CRIME, EXPERTS SAY
Queens University Sociology Professor Nicole Myers also says that the bail system is not lenient, and says Canada has more legally innocent people in custody than it has those who have been convicted.
“Eighty per cent of the people that are in our provincial jails are legally innocent, and 20 per cent have been convicted and sentenced to be there,” she said.
She says that many of the ideas being proposed for bail reform would only make it more difficult for people to get bail in a system that is already difficult to get bail.
Doob says that attempting to put a dent in the crime through bail reform is “nonsense,” instead, governments should be looking towards increasing access to social services for offenders to reduce crime.
“If we’re really serious about public safety, then we need to be looking at much bigger sorts of reforms or efforts to support people, rather than simply trying to be more punitive and restrictive,” she says.
While the Ford government has been pushing for bail reform for months, Ford’s calls have gotten louder during a series of crimes in the Toronto area this month, which includes the biggest drug bust in Peel region’s history.
Nine people were arrested after nearly $50 million of cocaine was seized earlier this month, since then, seven of the suspects have been released on bail conditions.
“Can you believe that they actually got released on the biggest drug bust in Peels’ history, it’s crazy, this system is broken,” Ford said at an unrelated press conference Wednesday.
The premier went on to say that he will be “all over” Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government as he pushes for bail reform.
“They need to change the Criminal Code, they need to change bail reform, I will be all over him,” Ford said.
In addition to the drug bust, Ford’s own home was almost the victim of car theft, after four masked men attempted to steal a vehicle from his driveway in Etobicoke overnight Tuesday.
“Guess what’s going to happen? They’re going to be back out,” Ford said, when speaking to reporters about the incident.Turning into a lawless city,’ Four suspects arrested after trying to steal car from Doug Ford's home
The premier went on to say that the justice system is “weak.”
“They have to get a backbone… we need to start throwing these people in jail,” he added.
The provincial government has previously called on the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to tighten bail legislation, this includes calling for the restoration of minimum sentences for serious crimes.
BAIL REFORM IS NOT EFFECTIVE TO REDUCE CRIME, EXPERTS SAY
Although Ford claims the system is “weak,” University of Toronto Criminology Professor Anthony Doob says Ontario already detains people in “huge numbers.”
“In Ontario, in the last year, we had 49,891 people who were detained by the police until their case was over,” Doob said.Queens University Sociology Professor Nicole Myers also says that the bail system is not lenient, and says Canada has more legally innocent people in custody than it has those who have been convicted.
“Eighty per cent of the people that are in our provincial jails are legally innocent, and 20 per cent have been convicted and sentenced to be there,” she said.
She says that many of the ideas being proposed for bail reform would only make it more difficult for people to get bail in a system that is already difficult to get bail.
Doob says that attempting to put a dent in the crime through bail reform is “nonsense,” instead, governments should be looking towards increasing access to social services for offenders to reduce crime.
“You could get them stable housing, you could help them ease back into a job, you could do various kinds of things to put them into a stable circumstance,” he said.
Myers highlights that the bail system should stop being looked at as responsible for public safety, and also urges better funding and access to social supports. “If we’re really serious about public safety, then we need to be looking at much bigger sorts of reforms or efforts to support people, rather than simply trying to be more punitive and restrictive,” she says.
