Is It Possible The Change In Attitude was Not Due To Harper But...

...but the actions of a segment of the population that are involved in daily reports of murders, violent attacks on citizens on the streets and in their homes, drive by shootings, etc. and the pat on the head attitude of our judicial system.

Lysiane Gagnon

This take on crime is irrational 

Can it be that in just four years, Stephen Harper's government has managed to change the views of Canadians toward crime and punishment? This is the frightening possibility raised by an Angus Reid poll that has found that Canadians, who have always prided themselves for being more compassionate than the Americans, are more and more favourable to the hard-line approach of the Conservatives. Sixty-two per cent support the death penalty for murderers, and nearly one in three for convicted rapists.

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