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Jamie Sarkonak: The Liberal plan for crime? More illusions of change

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Their approach to bail, hate crimes and domestic violence has always been inconsequential. Expect more of that this fall

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Following a summer of horrific crimes — a fatal domestic assault in the street by a man on release, the stabbing of a grandmother in front of a grocery store, the execution of a loving father in front of his children during a break-in, to name a few — the Liberals want you to know that they’ve got a plan for justice reform. 

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It involves reforms for bail, domestic violence and hate crime — which were already reformed a few years back. Justice Minister Sean Fraser is coming into the fall session with the same old dusted-off stack of ineffective ideas that his predecessors already implemented. 

The Liberals have made changes to bail laws twice: in 2019 and again in 2023. 

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In 2019, via Bill C-75, the Liberals codified the