CBC has an informative chart showing how drastically crime has dropped across the board since 1973. It’s a very impressive drop, including 5% lower for property crime and 3% decrease in violent crime in 2010 from the previous year.However, there is one…
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Vancouver Province: Replace marijuana in criminal code with alcohol
Substantial column from a fairly right-wing newspaper.I have smoked marijuana with members of Parliament, RCMP officers, teachers, artists, pharmacists, lawyers and many other upstanding Canadian citizens. I am asking the Conservative government o…
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Talking to political adversaries: Tips on reaching across the aisle
Tips on talking to political adversaries. Moving past politics, partisanship and labels, recognizing corporatism masquerading as progressivism or conservatism, and going straight to the issues.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Mandatory Sentences Really Mean Mandatory
Canada’s top legal group, the Canadian Bar Association, was not exactly kind to Harper’s approach to crime in its recent annual conference. It identified many issues from overcrowding to the rates of mentally ill in the prison system. But the issue tha…
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