Costly Crime Bill Sure to Intensify Justice System’s Problems
The majority Conservative government unveiled sweeping new laws Tuesday to make teenage troublemakers, pot growers and assorted bad guys quiver and quake.
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Crime Rises When Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Close
A RAND Corporation study shows lower crime rates rise in neighborhoods where dispensaries are forced to close.
How Liberals Should Reframe Crime Bills
The Liberal Party of Canada does not come to the table on the Conservative government’s crime legislation with clean hands.
Federal Crime Legislation to Strain Burdened B.C. Courts
Federal crime legislation set to be tabled in Parliament Tuesday will put further strain on B.C.'s taxed justice system, experts say.
Conservatives Reintroduce Dangerous and Costly Crime Legislation
CANNABIS CULTURE - Though crime rates in Canada are at their lowest in four decades, the Conservative government today reintroduced crime legislation in a massive omnibus bill that includes mandatory minimum sentences for minor marijuana offences and other extreme and costly measures.
Conservatives To Introduce Massive Omnibus Crime Bill Despite Drop In Reported Crime
The Conservative government will introduce sweeping justice reforms Tuesday with a massive omnibus bill it hopes to pass early in the new year.
Ottawa’s Drug Problem: The Penalty Doesn’t Fit the Crime
The federal government has promised to reintroduce its Penalties for Organized Drug Crime Act – a bill that died when the spring election was called.
Too Many Cops?
The crime rate is down but police forces are growing. We’re poorer as a result, but not necessarily any safer.
Tories Judge Evidence of Falling Crime Rates Inadmissible
As we have seen many times before, evidence doesn’t count when it comes to the Harper government and crime policy. Emotion apparently does.
Tough on Crime and Good for Profits
The Conservative government's approach is proving beneficial for private companies building jails, but not necessarily for anyone else.
