{"id":14275,"date":"2012-03-25T00:05:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T05:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=14275"},"modified":"2012-03-24T20:20:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T01:20:07","slug":"there-are-more-than-ten-reasons-to-oppose-bill-c-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/there-are-more-than-ten-reasons-to-oppose-bill-c-10\/","title":{"rendered":"There are more than ten reasons to oppose bill C-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But I guess we have to start somewhere. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/editorialopinion\/article\/1086785--10-reasons-to-oppose-bill-c-10\" target=\"_blank\">Trinda L. Ernst<\/a> has an article in the <em>Toronto Star<\/em> which compiles the top ten reasons to oppose the Conservatives&#8217; most recent &#8220;tough on crime&#8221; bill:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bill C-10 is titled The Safe Streets and Communities Act &mdash; an ironic name, considering that Canada already has some of the safest streets and communities in the world and a declining crime rate. This bill will do nothing to improve that state of affairs but, through its overreach and overreaction to imaginary problems, Bill C-10 could easily make it worse. It could eventually create the very problems it\u2019s supposed to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Bill C-10 will require new prisons; mandate incarceration for minor, non-violent offences; justify poor treatment of inmates and make their reintegration into society more difficult. Texas and California, among other jurisdictions, have already started down this road before changing course, realizing it cost too much and made their justice system worse. Canada is poised to repeat their mistake.<\/p>\n<p>[. . .]<\/p>\n<p>Canadians deserve accurate information about Bill C-10, its costs and its effects. This bill will change our country\u2019s entire approach to crime at every stage of the justice system. It represents a huge step backwards; rather than prioritizing public safety, it emphasizes retribution above all else. It\u2019s an approach that will make us less safe, less secure, and ultimately, less Canadian.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>H\/T to Bren McKenna for sending me the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But I guess we have to start somewhere. Trinda L. Ernst has an article in the Toronto Star which compiles the top ten reasons to oppose the Conservatives&#8217; most recent &#8220;tough on crime&#8221; bill: Bill C-10 is titled The Safe Streets and Communities Act &mdash; an ironic name, considering that Canada already has some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,10,53],"tags":[343,458,98],"class_list":["post-14275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancon","category-law","category-liberty","category-politics","tag-crimeandpunishment","tag-parliament","tag-police"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-3If","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14276,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14275\/revisions\/14276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}