Justice Minister David Lametti told a news conference Tuesday that the justice policy of the former Conservative government, which greatly expanded the use of mandatory minimum sentences, “simply did not work.”Indigenous adults represent five per cent of the Canadian population but 30 per cent of federal prisoners, double what it was 20 years ago, and the figure is even higher in some provinces, he said.
“Think about your own kids. Perhaps they got into trouble at some point with the law. I bet you would want to give them the benefit of the doubt or a second chance if they messed up. Well, it is a lot harder to get a second chance the way things are now,” Lametti said.
Moore said his party has concerns about the proposal for courts to have the discretion to sentence offenders to serve their sentence in the community instead of prison for certain offences, such as sexual assault, human trafficking and kidnapping.Article content Garrison and Johns added that the Liberal government needs to take steps toward decriminalization for cannabis possession, and creating a comprehensive strategy to address the crisis of overdose-related deaths.
Unbelievable
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The Liberal view: Guns and drugs in the hands of bad people is racism.
How about just buy everyone a gun who complies with the vaccine order? I mean we are talking bs right 🤷🏻♀️
There is no doubt that systemic racism exist. The problem here is that they have kept that same system in place. Zero preparation. Basically they are scoring feel good points. Once again pretending to do something, while doing nothing at all. Trudeau is fake AF. cdnpoli
Typical liberal_party, under JustinTrudeau, instead of addressing the issue ... mess with the legal definition until it fits your ideology 🙄 And JustinJournos are more than happy to run interference and muddy the waters
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do the same to the Indian act first - as you once promised to do. Oops - when is the last time pet2 every kept a promise he made?
Just toss the criminal code out, might as well.
The clown show continues
Poisoning everything with racism is beginning to seem like an effort to keep oppressive laws on the books. It is time for new parties to be formed.
Absolute insanity
Liberals love their criminals. Need the votes to stay in power.
Oh yes ANYONE USING a gun needs to be pampered!!!!! Only a drama teacher .....
Liberal gun control should work just fine. I mean what could go wrong with reducing sentences for gun crimes? It’s not like taking away a consequence for crime will encourage crime right? San Fransico anyone?
Tough on guns for legal owners and a pass for hard criminals. We live in backwards land.
Liberals are soft on crime.
Meanwhile, in Toronto ....
See: San Francisco
Gun crimes are up across Canada. Liberal solution = Reduce sentences for criminals who use illegal guns. 🤦♀️🤦🤦♂️
Not really a fan of legalizing crime and the false courage to carry it out.
They should also remove felony charges for theft under 1000$ 😂😂😂
No doubt this is what Canadians want. We voted for it.