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BC Leaders Debate: Jane Sterk Offers Fresh Ideas On Crime And Prohibition

jeremiah — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:36:11 -0700

From left: Jane Sterk, Carole James and Gordon Campbell shake hands at the leaders' debate in Vancouver. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)Wow. That's all I can say after transcribing Green Leader Jane Sterk's comments on crime in today's televised debate.

Whereas B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell and NDP Leader Carole James kept trying to outdo one another with their Republican law-and-order banter, Sterk stood out in stark contrast by emphasizing her opposition to prohibition.

New Laws Will Have Little Impact On Gangs

jeremiah — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:32:53 -0800

Drug war protesters outside Stephen Harper's roundtable discussion on gang violence in Vancouver. (Photo by Dave Douglas)Premier Gordon Campbell has packed away his Dirty Harry rhetoric, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's police photo ops are over, the cabinet boys are back from their whirlwind tour of Ottawa and the gang violence continues unabated. What did you expect? Nothing announced by the federal government last week will have an impact on the current urban gang problem. Sorry. But true.

Prohibition Benefits Vancouver Gangs

jeremiah — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:17:49 -0800

A retired judge has doubts about whether Premier Gordon Campbell’s response to the recent upsurge in gang-related shootings in the Lower Mainland will quell organized-crime-related violence in the long term.

Jerry Paradis, who was a provincial court judge for 28 years until he retired in 2003, said that putting more police officers on the ground won’t lessen the danger to ordinary citizens, who are at risk of getting caught in the crossfire.