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福特表示，他将全力支持首相马克·卡尼，推动实施更严格的保释法。
安大略省省长道格·福特呼吁联邦政府收紧保释制度，以保障公共安全，但专家指出，改善社会服务才是减少犯罪的解决方案。
福特政府数月来一直在推动保释改革，而本月多伦多地区发生的一系列犯罪案件，包括皮尔地区历史上最大的毒品案，让福特的呼吁变得更加强烈。
本月初，警方缴获了价值近5000万美元的可卡因，逮捕了9人。此后，其中7名嫌疑人已获得保释。
“你能相信他们竟然在皮尔斯郡历史上最大的一次缉毒行动中被释放了吗？这太疯狂了，这个系统已经崩溃了，”福特在周三一场无关的新闻发布会上说道。
省长继续表示，他将全力支持首相马克·卡尼和联邦政府推动保释改革。
“他们需要修改《刑法》，他们需要修改保释改革，我会全力支持他，”福特说道。
除了缉毒行动之外，福特自己的家也差点遭遇汽车盗窃，周二晚上，四名蒙面男子试图从他位于怡陶碧谷的车道上偷走一辆车。
“猜猜会发生什么？他们又要回来了，”福特在接受记者采访时谈到此事时说道。
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省长继续表示，司法系统“薄弱”。
“他们必须有骨气……我们需要开始把这些人关进监狱，”他补充道。
省政府此前曾呼吁联邦政府修改《刑法》，收紧保释立法，其中包括呼吁恢复对严重犯罪的最低刑期。
专家称，保释改革并不能有效降低犯罪率
尽管福特声称该制度“薄弱”，但多伦多大学犯罪学教授安东尼·杜布表示，安大略省已经拘留了“大量”人。
“在安大略省，去年有49,891人被警方拘留，直到他们的案件结束，”杜布说。
皇后大学社会学教授妮可·迈尔斯也表示，保释制度并不宽容，并表示加拿大在押的无辜者比被定罪者还多。
“我们省级监狱中80%的人在法律上是无辜的，20%的人是被定罪并判刑入狱的，”她说道。
她表示，许多关于保释改革的建议只会让人们在这个已经很难获得保释的制度下更加难以获得保释。
杜布表示，试图通过保释改革来减少犯罪是“无稽之谈”，相反，政府应该着眼于增加罪犯获得社会服务的机会，以减少犯罪。
“你可以为他们提供稳定的住房，帮助他们轻松重返工作岗位，你可以采取各种措施，让他们处于稳定的环境中，”他说。
迈尔斯强调，保释制度不应被视为公共安全的责任，并敦促改善资金投入和社会支持渠道。
“如果我们真的认真对待公共安全，就需要考虑更大规模的改革或努力来支持民众，而不是仅仅试图加大惩罚力度和限制力度，”她说。
Doug Ford demands stricter bail laws in Ontario, but some experts say more social supports are the answer
https://nowtoronto.com/news/doug-ford-demands-stricter-bail-laws-in-ontario-but-some-experts-say-more-social-supports-are-the-answer/
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.
