The federal government announced that the Minister of Justice will table legislation next week aimed at bail reform.

Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement Thursday, saying that the legislation will focus on new reverse-onus bail provisions for violent and offenders of organized crime.

In the announcement, Carney says that under the new provision, the Crown will no longer have to prove why someone should remain incarcerated and it will instead by up to the accused to provide proof to the court that they can be trusted for release.

“We’re making bail stricter to keep you safer,” said Carney during the announcement. “(Currently) the Crown must prove why someone should not be released on bail, making it too easy for repeat violent offenders to quickly get back on the street.”

Carney said the legislation will apply to such offences as violent auto theft, breaking and entering, human trafficking, assault and sexual assault, and extortion involving violence or violent threats.

The proposed legislation will also allow for consecutive sentencing for violent and repeat offenders so that a “seven-year sentence and a five-year sentence can mean 12 years behind bars, not just seven,” said Carney, adding that stronger sentences for organized retail theft and eliminate conditional sentences for sexual assault will also be introduced.

He added that the risk to reoffend and the person’s past history of the previous ten years will be considered.

The legislation will also include provisions to hire 1,000 new RCMP personnel with an $1.8 billion investment over four years in frontline law enforcement.

“We are delivering the change to keep violent repeat offenders off our streets,” said Carney.