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CONSERVATIVES’ MISGUIDED GET-TOUGH-ON-CRIME AGENDA | JOHN L. HILL

Thursday, August 03, 2023 @ 12:24 PM | By John L. Hill

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R. v. Karapetrov, [2023] O.J. No. 3368
R. v. Francis 2023 ONCJ 242
R. v. Dudhi, 2019 ONCA 665
R. v. Le, 2019 SCC 32
R. v. Sitladeen, 2021 ONCA 303


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John L. Hill

Justice Minister Arif Virani had been in office less than a week when he came
under attack by the Conservative opposition. The press release issued by
Conservative spokespersons included the following: “Justin Trudeau’s
catch-and-release policies have unleashed a crime wave across this country.
Canadians don’t feel safe in their communities and on their streets. But Arif
Virani, Trudeau’s new Justice Minister and Attorney General is telling Canadians
this is all just in their heads, and that an increase in crime is ‘empirically
unlikely.’

“Canada wasn’t like this before Trudeau, and it won’t be like this after he’s
gone. We will end Trudeau’s catch and release policies and keep the small number
of dangerous repeat violent offenders in our country where they belong — behind
bars. We will fix the problem Trudeau started with his flawed bills like C-75
and C-5, that let dangerous repeat violent offenders out onto the streets and
back into our communities. Only common-sense Conservatives will bring home safe
streets.”

Obviously, the statement plays to a population where news coverage of shootings
in the United States has soared and reports of gun violence in Canada spurs
notions that a crime wave could become a tsunami. What the press release fails
to take into account is that it will take more than a “lock ’em up” policy to
restore a sense of calm to a public that feels crime is out of control.

Unfortunately, the adage that our bail courts are playing “catch and release” is
a dog whistle for the view that police should be given freer rein. The recent
case of R. v. Karapetrov 2023 ONSC 4354 allowed a suspected drug trafficker to
walk free because police had acted in contravention of the accused’s common law
and Charter rights. We have seen in R. v. Francis 2023 ONCJ 242 that winking at
police overstepping the law regarding racial profiling serves to heighten fears
in our racialized communities. The law is quite clear: Racial profiling is so
pernicious that if it infects any part in the selection or treatment of a
suspect, police conduct cannot be upheld (R. v. Dudhi 2019 ONCA 665, R. v. Le 
2019 SCC 32 and R. v. Sitladeen 2021 ONCA 303).

The spillover of this loosened attitude that police ought to be given
substantial deference was visible once again in Napanee’s Ontario Court of
Justice on July 28, 2023, when Justice Geoffrey Griffin sentenced Correctional
Service of Canada officer Donald (Blair) Kay to 12 months probation and 60 hours
of community service for assaulting a Black Millhaven inmate, Christopher Lewis,
with a gun.

The report of this attack on an inmate was reported in the July 31 issue of The
Kingstonist. The report suggests that Kay will continue his work at the
maximum-security institution and be able to carry a firearm while so employed.
To be fair to Justice Griffin he did not go so far as to accede to the defence
position of a discharge. Instead, he recognized that any penalty would serve as
a warning that the highhanded abuse of inmates must be prevented.

Racism is definitely at the heart of many of our social ills. Let’s deal with
that rather than shutting our eyes and reacting as if we live in the Jim Crow
South.

It is simplistic and shortsighted to convince the electorate that a “get tough
on crime” policy will make us all safer. Every city, town and village has a
problem with drug abuse and homelessness. Such social problems set up a milieu
where crime may fester. But these social problems require intelligent and
concerted solutions from every level of government. But it is easier to blame
the country’s social ills on a new minister than it is to advance policies that
will truly make a difference.

John L. Hill practised and taught prison law until his retirement. He holds a
J.D. from Queen’s and LL.M. in constitutional law from Osgoode Hall. He is also
the author of Pine Box Parole: Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest to End Solitary
Confinement (Durvile & UpRoute Books). Contact him at johnlornehill@hotmail.com.

The opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the author’s firm, its clients, Law360 Canada, LexisNexis Canada,
or any of its or their respective affiliates. This article is for general
information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal
advice.   

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