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Originally Posted by Loco101
I know that the criminal code is federal but what does Trudeau have to do with provincial courts and judges and police that likely weren't federal?
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Well for starters, I am pretty sure that in spite of the fact that they serve in provincial buildings and courts, most provincial judges in Canada are in fact named by the federal government. (This is not a well-known fact to most people.)
So the judges making these decisions are federal appointments.
Also, the softening of bail and mandatory sentencing in recent years is all the work of the federal, or decisions made by the Supreme Court which is federally-apppointed too.
Recently there have been a few highly-publicized cases in Quebec where guilty sexual offenders have been allowed to serve their sentence at home and the judges have invoked new federal laws or amendments in their decision to not send these guys to jail. It's almost as if they've been saying they have no choice. (No idea if this is a cop-out however.)