Mukherjee's Comments Should Be Directed To Opposition Parties

Harper put forward his Law & Order legislation and we have to ask why it is bogged down in committee but putting that aside the laws on the books right now are adequate if they weren't negotiated.....no bail for weapon charges, swift resolution, concurrent sentencing. Doesn't Comrade Miller sit on the TPSB?

Police board to feds: Wise up By CHRIS DOUCETTE, SUN MEDIA The Toronto Police Services Board is hoping this week's sweeping pre-dawn raids will motivate the federal government to stop dragging its heels on issues such as increased gun control, stiffer sentencing for those who possess or use illegal firearms, and better witness protection for those who speak out against the thugs in their neighbourhoods. Board chairman Alok Mukherjee has been pushing for such changes since firing off a letter to assorted provincial and federal officials on May 24 -- a day after 15-year-old high schooler Jordan Manners was gunned down in the halls of C.W. Jefferys Collegiate in North York -- but his suggestions have received a mixed response. GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT So yesterday, after he was given the green light by the board during a meeting at City Hall to continue his advocating efforts, Mukherjee warned that gun violence will continue to plague Toronto and other major Canadian cities until all levels of government get on the same page. "It's not simply something that the local police service can do (alone)," Mukherjee said. Raiding the homes of suspected criminals and seizing weapons is great in the short term and makes the neighbourhoods involved temporarily safer, but until the bad guys are kept behind bars and the guns taken permanently off the streets, the "vicious circle" continues, he said.