‘If You Have Money, You Can Get Out of Jail’: Ontario’s New Cash Bail Rules Face Constitutional Challenge

Groups challenging constitutionality of Ontario's cash bail system

New rules, which take effect this week, require people accused of a crime and granted bail to provide cash security deposit upon release

Legal groups question constitutionality of Ontario's new cash bail system

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Criminal Lawyers' Association are challenging the constitutionality of a new cash bail system in Ontario.

‘If you have money, you can get out of jail’: Ontario’s new cash bail rules face constitutional challenge

Ontario’s new rules that require cash up front as part of being released on bail have been hit with a constitutional challenge on the same day they came into force.

Ontario’s mandatory cash bail policy faces constitutional challenge

Canadian rights groups on Monday filed an urgent challenge to the constitutionality of Ontario’s mandatory cash bail policy. The challenge argued that the provincial policy violates the Charter rights to the presumption of innocence and to reasonable bail, as well as the rules of Canadian federalism. The Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) filed the challenge before the Superior Court of Justice in O…

Legal groups seek injunction, argue Ontario’s new ‘cash bail’ system is unconstitutional

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Criminal Lawyers' Association are seeking a temporary injunction to pause Ontario's new "cash bail" regime.

Ontario cash bail system faces constitutional court challenge

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Criminal Lawyers' Association are challenging the constitutionality of a new cash bail system in Ontario. New rules first announced last fall by Premier Doug Ford's government that take effect this week require people accused of a crime and granted bail to provide a cash security deposit upon release. Previously, they or their sureties only had to forfeit the money if the accused breaches their re…