In the kick-ass rodeo of Canadian politics, Stephen Harper has created a new event: Trojan horsebackriding.
C-51 is supposed to confer safety and security on Canadians. Hidden inside are the seeds of a police state.
Before that, Bills C-38 and C-45 were supposed to “streamline” governance. In the belly of these undemocratic monstrosities was legislation designed to gut environmental law, axe the federal spy watchdog and empower the cabinet to approve pipelines over the heads of regulatory boards.
The latest proof that the man from Alberta (by way of Etobicoke) is the best rider in the land is Harper’s latest plan to address a subject near and dear to his … spleen — the sentencing of criminals.
Steve wants certain criminals to stay in prison forever. Under his latest proposal, some convicted criminals, by virtue of the “heinous” nature of their crimes, would never be eligible for parole. Guess who’s left with the responsibility of issuing an exceptional release. The courts? Special psychiatric or medical advisors? Law enforcement experts? Parole gurus?
READ MORE: http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/03/05/harpers-sentencing-bill-more-red-meat-for-the-hang-em-high-crowd/
The federal cabinet, that’s who. Steve and the same bunch of people who now decide whether pipelines get built — and just about everything else.
On the face of it, this is Harper at his worst — out to lunch, dinner and late night snack on his facts. His “life means life” mantra is fear amplification with a political twist. Why would anyone choose a time when the crime rate is dropping to lock people up and throw away the key? Why would anyone mimic such draconian nonsense when the biggest jailer on earth, the United States, is abandoning the Devil’s Island approach to penal theory?
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