bail reform News Archive

October 31, 2025 — 
Dr. Allison Fenske, Director of the University of Manitoba Community Law Centre, speaks with host Marcy Markusa about the conditions and realities of pre-trial custody and how proposed bail reforms could impact education, housing, and employment for the accused.

October 28, 2025 — 
One legal expert said while uncommon, he sees no issue with a judge making comments like Harvey’s — in fact, those kinds of comments can help better inform public debate on the issue of bail reform, said Brandon Trask, associate professor in the University of Manitoba’s law faculty

October 23, 2025 — 
Brandon Trask, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba provides perspective on the changes.

October 16, 2025 — 
Brandon Trask, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba said the reverse onus proposal for bail could lead to potential violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

October 3, 2025 — 
Brandon Trask, an associate law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former Crown prosecutor in the Maritimes, was not surprised by Thursday’s outcomes.“I think the public is being left with an inaccurate impression right now, if you were to only listen to much of the talk politically,” Trask said

March 1, 2024 — 
Winnipeg Free Press: ‘No big reinvention of the wheel’: impact of NDP bail plan debated