Opinion: NDP continues to cast problem as one Ottawa must fix
“Yes, the courts are independent,” declared B.C. United MLA Mike de Jong, himself a former attorney general, at the outset of question period Tuesday. “But I can guarantee you this. If the government doesn’t ask to have that violent repeat offender detained, he or she won’t be.”
“Well, the government can ask for all the reforms it wants,” replied de Jong. “In half of the cases that came before the courts, the government didn’t even bother to ask for detention.” “Three criminals were pulled over for driving a truck with no insurance. Inside police found drugs, face masks, zap straps, a large hunting knife, a collapsible baton, a baseball bat and a tactical semi-automatic pistol grip shotgun,” recounted Milobar, quoting an RCMP news release.
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