{"id":76749,"date":"2025-09-08T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=76749"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:30:26","slug":"fonom-encouraged-by-movement-toward-bail-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/fonom-encouraged-by-movement-toward-bail-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"FONOM Encouraged by Movement Toward Bail Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/FONOM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2637\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/FONOM-300x98.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/FONOM-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/FONOM.png 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is encouraged by recent comments from Prime Minister Mark Carneyand Premier Doug Ford signaling that reforms to Canada\u2019s bail system may be on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur members and police services have long raised concerns about the revolving-door justice system that allows repeat offenders back into our communities,\u201d said FONOM President Danny Whalen. \u201cWhile we are encouraged by the attention now being given to this issue, what matters most is that meaningful changes follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more than four years, FONOM has been calling on both federal and provincial governments to strengthen bail provisions to better protect the public. The organization has issued multiple media releases, sent letters to both the Prime Minister and the Premier, and worked alongside law enforcement leaders to highlight the urgency of this issue for Northern communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent statements from federal and provincial leaders are a positive sign, but our communities need action,\u201d added Whalen. \u201cWe will continue to monitor the process and advocate for reforms that keep dangerous offenders in custody and help restore confidence in the justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FONOM will remain engaged with governments, police services, and municipal partners to ensure that any changes introduced are effective, practical, and responsive to the needs of Northern Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is encouraged by recent comments from Prime Minister Mark Carneyand Premier Doug Ford signaling that reforms to Canada\u2019s bail system may be on the horizon. \u201cOur members and police services have long raised concerns about the revolving-door justice system that allows repeat offenders back into our communities,\u201d said &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 10:07:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76750,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76749\/revisions\/76750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}