Murders, gun crimes, and sexual assaults are all on the rise, so it’s no wonder Canadians say they feel less safe. Does the Liberal government have a plan?
Mercedes Stephenson: After a week of antisemitic attacks, we go one-on-one with Justice Minister Arif Virani to talk about crimes rates, bail, and repeat offenders.
Mercedes Stephenson: Do you feel that the police are doing enough right now, though? I realize that bill is before Parliament but obviously, this is unfolding in real time.Arif Virani, Justice Minister: I think the police are doing everything they can to the best of their abilities. I’ve certain engaged with a lot of the police forces around the country, particularly in my province of Ontario about the acute need to be sensitive to issues of hatred and escalating hatred.
Mercedes Stephenson: So minister, my question to you would be do you feel, and I realize you’ve made changes to the law but this still seems to be an ongoing problem, that there are appropriate laws in place to deal with repeat offenders, especially repeat violent offenders? Arif Virani, Justice Minister: Well I’d say a couple of things. One is that the notion of one being eligible for probation or parole doesn’t mean that one automatically gets it. That’s still a decision that has to be made. Thankfully, in a country like ours and in a democracy like ours, it’s not made by politicians. It’s made by entities like the National Parole Board, people that work in corrections. That is a divorce.
Trump will be sentenced four days before the Republican convention, when he’ll officially be knighted as the party’s nominee. But realistically, what will the first presidential campaign conducted by now a convicted felon look like? David Frum, The Atlantic: I hesitate to speculate about that because now we’re truly into the realm of the imponderable and this has taken up a lot of TV time. And one’s persons guess is as good as any other. I would say that most working politicians have always believed it’s bad to be seen paying off women that you had an affair with. That’s why they cover it up. Most working politicians are under the assumption it’s bad to be criminally indicted and worse to be criminally convicted.
David Frum, The Atlantic: I think they face two—the Biden people face a very particular problem, which is they have two groups of voters they need to talk to, and the voters are almost exactly opposite types of people. One group of voters are younger people, poorer people, people not really connected to the political system, and they are wondering what reason do I have to vote for Joe Biden when, you know, the food prices are up? Yeah, you can get a job if you want to but the rent is up.
Then 18-year-old Roland Armitage was one of the few who survived, arriving as part of the second wave.
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