TORONTO — The Ontario government is proposing changes to strengthen the bail system and protect communities by keeping violent repeat offenders off the streets and behind bars. These proposed reforms would strengthen the collection process for forfeited bail, introduce permanent Intensive Serious Violent Crime Bail Teams, support a comprehensive review of the bail system and move towards the establishment of user …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is proposing changes to improve public safety by getting tough on crime and putting violent, repeat offenders behind bars. The proposed changes, including new legislation to be introduced later this week, would strengthen the courts’ ability to deal with serious crimes by streamlining the judicial selection process and allocating additional judges to the Ontario Court of …
Ontario – Ontario Premier Doug Ford said: “It was great joining Ontario’s Big City Mayors. We agreed on the need to take a Team Ontario approach that will protect our workers and communities in the face of tariffs and economic uncertainty.”
TORONTO – The Ontario government introduced legislation that, if passed, would help communities reduce the risk and impacts of wildland fires and hazardous oil and gas wells. The Resource Management and Safety Act, 2024 would also help attract more land surveyors to the profession to support building more homes and other infrastructure and would enable and regulate the use of carbon …
Staff and equipment prepared to protect communities TORONTO – Ontario is ready to respond to this year’s wildland fire season, which lasts from April 1 until October 31. “We are ready to protect people and communities across the province from wildland fires,” said Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. “Our teams are closely monitoring weather conditions to detect …
