(It's actually a very clever trick -- if it were in another context I'd admire it)
The Minister suggested that if there were additional costs caused by sending more people to prison (and there will be) then that was a cost society would gladly bear.
I should have noted that the reference wasn't to costs that the Federal government would bear.
Since conditional sentences are brief, when they are revoked, the prisoners will not be serving time in Federal institutions but rather in provincial jails (anything under two years goes to a provincial jail).
So, guess who pays for this new tough initiative?
The Provinces.
And the Federal government gets to look tough on crime while it shifts the cost to the Provinces.
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That is diabolical. Thanks for the talking point.
Thanks for pointing that out. That info needs to go mainstream so the public has a total understanding of Harper's plan - "stick it to the Provinces".
Reminds me of how Paul Martin balanced the budget...
I told a Scarborough area Liberal MP about this a few years ago when taking him to task for fuelling reefer-madness "grow-op" scare in his neighbourhood, which simply hurts people who need it for medical reasons.
His reaction was like "so, let them pay for it."
(Then he signed my Tamil friend's passport application.)
Sneaky.
Why should this surprise anyone! The federal government is known for being sneaky!
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