The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that changing the rules for conditional sentences could cost taxpayers an extra $145 million because of increased parole reviews and prosecutions ...
OTTAWA — Equating time served in the community with time spent in jail opens up the door to absurd possibilities within immigration law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. In an unanimous ...
Const. Haoyin Zheng is seen here walking out of the Edmonton courthouse in June. ((Janice Johnston/CBC News)) An Edmonton police officer convicted of assault should be given an 18-month conditional ...
The federal government doesn’t have to try to reduce the disproportionate incarceration rates of Indigenous peoples when it passes crime laws, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The court split ...
OTTAWA – The number of offenders who were permitted to serve their time at home rather than in prisons and jails climbed five per cent last year, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. The increase in ...