‘Canada is a great place to live.’ Canadians at the breaking point? Plus other letters to the editor for Feb. 20
: I am not surprised that the public has increasingly less faith in our justice system when one considers the facts in these cases.
The accused in Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala’s killing was again out on bail, and had breached the terms of that bail – yet he was still out on the street in spite of being a repeat violent offender. Elsewhere, a convicted murderer was given day parole despite the fact that his case management team in prison “was not supportive of day parole because he was a high risk for violent reoffending.”
I find these illogical and dangerous decisions further undermine the public’s confidence in the justice system to protect us from violent offenders. One of the best predictors of someone’s future behaviour is their pattern of past behaviour; yet our justice system disregards this and repeatedly releases violent offenders to victimize even more people.
: Toronto-Dominion Bank predicts the Canadian economy will grow by 0.7 per cent in 2023 and by 0.4 per cent in 2024. Even if these figures are inflation-adjusted, they should not be thought of as indicating any real economic advance. Growth of 0.7 per cent is certainly meaningful in a country such as Japan, where population is shrinking about 0.5 per cent a year. But in a country such as Canada, where population is growing at about 1 per cent a year, anything less than equal annual “growth” is, on a per-capita basis, real economic decline.
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