Trudeau says he doesn’t know bill details but supports his justice minister
SASKATOON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has continued his town hall tour of Canada with a rather friendly and low-key public meeting in Saskatoon.
Trudeau was greeted with a standing ovation Wednesday night before taking questions that gave him an opportunity to explain his government’s position on a series of topics including the carbon tax and indigenous issues.
But Trudeau was thrown one curveball when a woman in the audience rose to ask him why his government declined to pass Wynn’s law, a bill named after David Wynn, an Alberta RCMP officer killed by a career criminal who was out on bail at the time.
The private member’s bill by Conservative Michael Cooper would require the Crown to disclose an accused’s criminal history at a bail hearing to give courts more information on which to base a decision.