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Originally Posted by d-null
crime is much worse than it was a couple decades ago, and the liberalized legal system is most of the reason, too many slaps on the wrist or no investigation at all for so much crime these days, career criminals are in and out of jail so fast if they go to jail at all and then back doing crime
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You watch too much right-wing news or something.
The fact is crime rates are going down across the board, except for gang-related crimes (which would probably be due to decreased spending to impoverished communities and increased illegality and trafficking of drugs across the borders).
Get some facts, stop watching Global TV or where ever you're getting your "impressions" -
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-...007005-eng.pdf
The correctional system is obviously not perfect and the judiciary stuck to outmoded laws, and still the rates are declining.
Note that there hasn't been a comprehensive Statcan review of crime rates since Harper took office - and he likes it that way - and he's basically cut the census to shreds for various reasons - but other, independent studies also track the continued trend.