Jobs, housing and services, not Ford’s ‘jail not bail’ agenda!
The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) condemns the recent announcement from the Ford government on making Ontario a cash bail province. The move to cash bail is a further escalation of Ford’s so-called “Protect Ontario” campaign – a cynical rebrand of the pro-corporate and anti-democratic war his government has waged since it was elected in 2018.
Cash bail systems are notorious for discriminating against lower income people, who don’t have the money to pay so end up languishing in jails. Ford’s announcement is already the subject of a court challenge by the Civil Liberties Association of Canada and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, who argue that it violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and oversteps provincial jurisdiction.
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