Is This the Best They Can Do?
Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender was recently invited to speak in favour of Bill C-15. He says that he doesn't know why he was invited. I do.
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Just Say No to Bill C-15 TODAY!
On Wednesday, December 2, 2009 CSSDP chapters across Canada are going to be demonstrating against the introduction of mandatory minimum sentences, sending the message that young Canadians need education not condemnation. Mandatory incarceration will not help young Canadians!
Bill C-15’s Mandatory Minimum Terms for Drug Crime: A Failure on Their Own Terms
Bill C-15 has its own internal contradictions, regardless of whether one believes in its approach.
STOP BILL C-15!: New Drug Law Will Drive Up Prison Costs
A federal bill that would impose mandatory jail time for serious drug crimes would increase the workload of the parole system, and the government intends to inject more than $100 million over five years to ease the burden, according to the commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada.
STOP BILL C-15!: Eugene Oscapella to the Canadian Senate
CANNABIS CULTURE - Founder of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy speaks to the Canadian Senate about the dangers of Bill C-15 and mandatory minimum sentences.
Are We Really Soft on Crime?
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson doesn’t offer up any departmental research at all to support the Tories’ major law-and-order thrust.
Canadian Medicinal Pot Users Triple
The number of Canadians legally permitted to use pot as medicine has tripled in the past three years since the Conservatives took power.
Pot Accounts For 75% of Police Seizures
Many Canadians think police don't pay much attention to marijuana, and instead focus on busting people for "hard drugs". Think again.
Liberal Senators May Buckle and Pass Tories’ ‘Flawed’ Crime Bills
The government's two crime bills currently held up in the Senate are "flawed," and could be unconstitutional, but the Liberals are afraid of being labelled soft on crime and Grit Senators may succumb to political pressure and vote against amending the bills, says a Liberal Senator who supports the amendments.
Crime Down, Prison Boom Looms
If the federal government gets its way, Canadians will witness a boom in prison construction coinciding with the longest steady decline in crime rates in Canadian history.
