Doug Ford floats idea of electing judges during “rant” on bail reform

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Author: Liam Casey and Allison Jones

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Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford blew up judges in the province, who he believed was a softer crime and proposed ideas on Wednesday, such as electing a judge and providing them with payments to retire early.

Ford announced bail measures in the upcoming bill, but he said the most meaningful bail reform lawsuit must come from the federal government, but Ford had announced measures on bail at the Peel Regional Police Headquarters.

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The bill would include changes to the judicial appointment process, and when asked, Ford released multiple bails to the peaceful judges and judges.

“The system was broken and once these judges fell into their own position, they had this sense of entitlement,” Ford said.

“That’s what drives me crazy. We are elected to the government in the Democratic Party. I always say that the Legislature is supreme and the people are supreme.

Ford later criticized a judge for recently ordering the province to stop demolishing some bike lanes in Toronto until a constitutional challenge was decided. Ford asked, there is nothing better than worrying about the bike lane.

“What rights do they have (AS) not elected and the politically appointed judge decides our budget?” he said. “We are democratically elected. The last time I checked, there were no judges elected. Maybe it was the problem. We should do what we did. Let’s start electing judges and keep them accountable. It’s my rant for the day because I just have.”

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Attorney General Doug Downey approached the press conference to add his comments on the issue and joked that Ford’s remarks were actually restricted.

“You should see what he said in private,” Donnie said.

Last year, Ford appointed two former staffers to the government as a committee that helped select provincial judges, saying he wanted to be “like-minded people” in the appointments, rather than liberals or new Democrats.

On Wednesday, Ford dismissed the idea of ​​judicial independence.

“You know something, in my case, it’s a joke.” “There’s no judge appointed by this country, anywhere in the United States, anywhere in the world, and it’s not a political appointment. That’s that simple. Do you think these judges are just coming out of the blue?”

Ford also advised that he wanted to offer a acquisition to a “bloody” judge.

“I can’t wait to retire,” he said. “In fact, I’ll pay them to retire earlier. I’ll pay you two, three, four years. Just leave the system, it’s simple.”

Likewise, he suggested publicly emphasizing the name of the peace judge and bail the offender, who continued the crime.

“Why don’t we publish,” Ford said. “This judge asked Johnny to leave six times, he just murdered someone.” “Who is responsible? The judge would call the family and say, “Sorry, I let this guy out?”