[news] Stephen Harper 'Gets Tough' on Crime

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

...[T]here was a time when politicians considered it unseemly to grandstand on crime...[N]o responsible leader would whip up fear, or leap at tragedy, simply to score a few points in the polls...That understanding still holds in some European countries but in Canada it's gone and forgotten. Following the American lead...Canadian politicians gradually embraced the tactics of fear and loathing...Which brings us to the government's crime omnibus bill, the..._Tackling Violent Crime Act_.

  


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