So we finally get through the Canadian and U.S. elections and now we hear via the Globe’s Gloria Galloway that the opposition parties are prepared to dig in their heels on the Conservative plan to get tougher on criminals:
Opposition MPs, including Liberals who have worked on justice issues, say they would plunge the country into another federal election before agreeing to a slate of Conservative proposals that would see convicted criminals treated more harshly…
Victims’ rights seem to be of little concern to progressives. But we must not harm a hair on the heads of those poor criminals! (Especially don’t laugh at anyone who rapes and murders little girls and torches their bodies. That is a very big no-no. You might hurt their feelings!)
However, this could be the Liberal Leadership hopefuls’ worst nightmare – Stephane Dion leading yet another charge at Harper – with no money in the bank.
Good luck with that.
And to the Conservative Government: When you introduce this legislation, please spend a little time educating the public on what exactly you are proposing, so that the opposition parties are unable to spin the story out of control with ridiculous hyperbole and fear mongering.
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Update: Halls of Macadamia – Ready for another election?
PLEASE NOTE: (1:05 pm Standard time) Please bear with me as I try to fix the time change problem. Thanks. Comments may be out of order for a while.
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Thursday Update: "I want life to mean life" – Dust My Broom. (H/T Mary T)
Unambiguously Ambidextrous – That dog won’t hunt.
Toronto Sun Editorial - Compromise needed on crime bill.
Globe – No more free rides, Dion warns Harper. Yeah, right:
…However, since the Conservatives won a stronger minority in the Oct. 14 election, it would take only a handful of opposition no-shows to ensure the government survives…
Saturday Update: Senior vows to post young offender’s name - Chronicle Herald.
