Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo M-P Frank Caputo has tabled a private members bill that he believes would target prolific offenders, but some in the legal community don’t think his idea would work.
Last week, Caputo put forward Bill C-274 which, if passed, would remand any offender into custody if they were charged with three indictable offences, totaling five years in prison of more.
Acumen Law’s Kyla Lee says this bill doesn’t capture the prolific offenders that we’re concerned about and could target someone facing charges related to driving offences.
“All of them have penalties that could have up to five years or more in prison. So if you get charged with dangerous driving, with impaired driving causing bodily harm and then with driving while prohibited under the criminal code you could end up being characterized a prolific offender and denied bail even though you’re not the type of person the people in our communities are concerned about.”
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