Updated: Guns, Drugs, Guerrilla Video, "Punishment", Mandatory Minimums -&- Gov Example?

Liberal lead over Tories is five percentage points, suggests Decima poll Alexander Panetta, Oct. 21, 05

Pollster Bruce Anderson said increased scrutiny on the Liberal government is the reason behind the narrowing lead.

Small update:

Yesterday, I listened to an impassioned speech about concern for victims, instead of the present overemphasis on the rights of criminals--excellent examples of how criminals are coddled with taxpayer money while victims get virtually nothing that costs money -- wrong priorities. I do not remember the Western Conservative MP's name but check Hansard for Oct. 21, 05.

Do not miss the excerpts on justice, crystal meth, house arrest for drug dealers, visits to amusement parks, and more criminal fun in that best of all possible worlds, Canada , on Newsbeat1 -- or the original Hansard excerpts-Question period- Oct.19,2005

Hon. Stephen Harper (Leader of the Opposition, CPC): [. . . . ] The president of the Ontario police chiefs said, “Conditional and intermittent sentences, house arrest, 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 earned sentence protocols, mandatory parole and weekend passes to local theme parks do little to dissuade murderers, marijuana grow operators, ecstasy manufacturers, carjackers, child molesters and others from committing these horrific crimes”. [. . . . ]

Hon. Stephen Harper: Mr. Speaker, talk about a bunch of people who just do not get it. Yesterday the Vancouver Board of Trade said that crime is so bad in Vancouver it is doing damage to the economy of the city. Vancouver Police Chief Graham says federal laws allow thieves to reoffend and they get bail again and again and again. [. . . . ]

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Related -- from over the last few days

Drugs, Gangs, "Strategy", Convincing Judges & Parliament

Weekend passes for sex offenders

Bill C-65--Street Racing, Gun Registry, Parental Involvement Needed--Youth Criminal Justice Act



Hansard- Oct 18,2005- Bill C-248 amending Controlled Drugs and Substances Act-Private Member's Business

Mr. Jay Hill (Prince George—Peace River, CPC) moved that Bill C-248, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (trafficking in a controlled drug or substance within five hundred metres of an elementary school or a high school), be read the second time and referred to a committee. [. . . . ]

The purpose of Bill C-248 is to impose mandatory prison sentences upon those convicted of trafficking in a controlled drug or substance within 500 metres of an elementary school or a high school. The mandatory sentences imposed would be one year or more for a first offence and two years or more for a subsequent offence.

These mandatory sentences apply to substances and amounts of substances as listed in schedules I, II, III, IV and VII of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, but the bill also would set maximum sentences depending upon the substance and/or the amount of the substance. [. . . . ]

Video on Pulse24 -- “The Real Toronto” unveils the inner workings of the increasingly violent gang culture. Bandana shrouded members flash hand signs and show off a frightening arsenal of weaponry in the crudely made production.

The guerrilla video was shot by a man called the Mad Russian and it chronicles life for gang bangers in about nine different neighbourhoods."

This is what has become of Toronto the Good?




Government Example?

From Campbell Clark, Oct. 18, 05 via Newsbeat1 -- Canada has for three years been sliding on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index

The drop has coincided with the recurring effects of the federal sponsorship scandal, which erupted in 2002 and shook federal politics in 2004 and again this year, but the TI study does not examine the cause of the decline. [. . . . ]

Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index

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