Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Woodbridge, Ont., on Thursday. He said his party will introduce a bill to make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will introduce a bill this fall that would make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail.

Poilievre says the proposal would create a new category of major offences that includes things like sexual assault, kidnapping, human trafficking, home invasion and firearms charges.

The Conservative bill would impose a reverse onus on people accused of such crimes requiring that they prove they should be released on bail.

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