Left Wing Crying Out For Harper's Head On Law & Order

And it is understandable.....they need something to appease their guilt for being cause for the breakdown in law and order in Canada. They have short memories and forget that it was the liberals who made the following statement in the house; "we have decided from now on to stress the rehabilitation of offenders, rather than the protection of society."

It's the judges, stupid, not the laws Tougher sentences, not handgun bans, are the best way to fight crime

By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN

The way to give Canadians the justice system they want, rather than the one they have, is simple.

Judges must start giving violent criminals substantially longer sentences than they do now. We don't need new laws or other distractions.

The maximum sentences our Criminal Code provides for murder, manslaughter, rape, gun crimes, assault with a weapon and the sexual abuse of children are long enough.

The problem is judges rarely use them, and even then, the sentences they do hand down are eviscerated by parole.

How we got into this mess isn't complicated. Back in the early 1970s federal politicians, starting with the Liberals but continuing through Conservative administrations, decided that rehabilitating criminals was more important than protecting society. (The third principle of sentencing, deterrence, was also undermined by this.)

For example, in a 1971 speech to Parliament, then Liberal solicitor-general Jean-Pierre Goyer, complained about the high costs of keeping criminals incarcerated, adding: "The present situation results from the fact that (the) protection of society has received more emphasis than the rehabilitation of inmates. Consequently, we have decided from now on to stress the rehabilitation of offenders, rather than the protection of society."