Ontario expands anti-guns and gangs program
Canadian Press
HAMILTON — With a tough election campaign looming, the Liberals moved Wednesday to bolster their law-and-order record with a $6.3-million expansion of the anti-guns and gangs program into Ontario cities outside Toronto.
Premier Dalton McGuinty made the announcement in Hamilton, the kind of Ontario city political observers say the Liberals need to win back if they are to be returned to government.
The extra cash will help tackle crime on the streets of cities like Hamilton, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, London and Waterloo, McGuinty said. The money is part of about $12 million in funding to fight drugs in Ontario, targeting methamphetamine labs and marijuana grow operations.
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