Reality Check

Conservative Majority in Canada Will Demonize Marijuana in New Crime Bill

There’s an old adage in life that “you get what you deserve.” With a Conservative majority government we are seeing that statement unfold in the House of Commons.

 Despite the outcry from people (many non-voters) and the media, the Conservatives are ploughing ahead with a draconian crime bill, which will set this country back 35 years. That’s about the time that Richard Nixon announced a ‘war on drugs’ in the United States, which would go on to cost that country mega billions of dollars and whose prison population became 7 times greater per capita than Canada.

 Fortunately, the United States has come to its senses and has admitted that the ‘war on drugs’ has been a complete and utter failure, has not reduced crime, and is now releasing many inmates of non-violent crimes. States like Texas are appealing to Canada not to fall in to the same trap of ‘getting tough on crime’, especially when our crime rate is already low!

Prisons Overflowing in Britain's Police State

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In Britain the number of convictions related to the recent riots in that country has reached a record high. The prison population hit over 86,000- only 1150 spaces short of capacity.

By any measure Great Britain has become a modern day police state. Everyone is a potential terrorist and everyone has been treated that way for many years. In the cities video cameras are watching and listening and police now encourage citizens to report “suspicious” behaviour- reminiscent of Russia under the Stalin regime.

Just look at the response of the UK Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron. Rather than address the root causes of this unprecedented violence, the Conservative mantra is to “get tough on crime” and apply harsh sentences. Does this sound familiar?

The sentencing is draconian in most cases. Two men who tried to incite a riot using Facebook were sentenced to 4 years, even though they were unsuccessful! One woman was sentenced to 4 months for accepting a piece of clothing from another woman who stole it. People are being evicted from their homes if they participated in the rioting.

The UK government has turned its back on its people. Young working class and poor, unemployed people are through their actions crying out for a better future- some sort of hope.

What would Canadian students do if our government tripled college tuition fees as they did in the UK last fall? You can be sure that our students would protest in the streets. Who could blame them?

As a previous letter to this newspaper indicated, the global unrest is being caused by younger generations. The Guardian newspaper reported that 66% of recent defendants in the UK were between the ages of 11 and 24.

Britain is moving in the opposite direction regarding its social policies and laws. The once mighty British Empire is falling fast and is getting desperate. The government has become dysfunctional; force and punishment will not solve the deep-rooted problems of society caused by decades of corruption and greed.

United States To Bring on Police State in 2011: Basic Rights Denied at Airports Spreading into Communities

The United States is using the strongest propaganda that it can muster, in order to get the population to submit to radical airport security measures.

During the last 12 months, the TSA in the U.S. has forced people through poisonous radiation, scanner machines, which have earned huge profits for members of the elite such as Michael Chertoff. This man used his position as Homeland Security Secretary to promote the use of the airport scanners, so that he could capitalize on the spending of millions of taxpayer dollars for his private gain when he left office.

 There is no doubt that these scanners emit dangerous radiation, and are even more risky for children and pregnant women. But the Obama administration could care less. The staff who work close to these machines are also at risk of developing cancer after five years of continuous proximity to the scanners. If you doubt that, recall what your dentist does when taking an x-ray of your teeth. Firstly, he puts a metal apron over your vital organs to protect them, and he physically leaves the office while the x-ray is taken. I think the point is obvious; your dentist doesn’t want to be anywhere near the radiation.

Harper Government Gets High on Extradition of Marc Emery-the Prince of Pot

Mindelle Jacob’s recent story in Sun Media about the extradition of Marc Emery for selling marijuana seeds and his imminent 5 year sentence in the U.S.  contains a lot of relevant information, but unfortunately omits the most crucial argument in what is becoming another Harper government farce.

 Marc Emery, the Prince of Pot has been a marijuana activist in Canada for more than 20 years, and has been selling mail order marijuana seeds from Canada, with the full knowledge of the Canadian government.  He has paid thousands of dollars in taxes to the government on the revenue from selling seeds, and Health Canada even recommended that medical pot patients contact Emery for their supply source.

 

Conservatives Using ‘Crime’ to Deflect Attention from Canadians’ Real Needs

 

 According to a report in the Toronto media last weekend, Carol Goar reported that the crime rate across Canada is at a 26 year low. I think this is good news for Canada, and we should be celebrating that kind of information. In simple terms, statistically Canada is a safe place to live.

 

Here in Cornwall I am aware that the crime rate has been reduced also over the past five years and Cornwall Police Services have played a big role in that achievement.

 

However, just like clockwork I received yet another flyer from MP Guy Lauzon this time telling me that the Conservative government wants to get tougher on crime.  But why would we spend more tax dollars on Corrections Canada when the crime rate has bottomed out?

North American Union Rears its Head: Do Harper Conservatives Want American Police Forces to Have Jursidiction Here?

I would like to respond to the recent story in the media regarding the grand opening of the RCMP headquarters on Tollgate Road in Cornwall.  Cornwall is a small city in Ontario on the St. Lawrence River, and is on the Canadian/US border. When I see an event like this with all the dignitaries and the politicians present, I like to find out if there’s a hidden agenda. Often there is one.

Without any explanation it was reported that among the policing partners at the new RCMP headquarters would be the New York State Police force?

Cigarette Smuggling Out of Control in Cornwall, Ontario!

The latest media coverage in the Cornwall  Standard Freeholder concerning the incredible amount of cigarette smuggling through Cornwall and area is both shocking and puzzling, and raises more questions than answers.

 We have been told that 90% of illegal cigarettes make it across our border each year, representing 50 million cartons. Cornwall, unwittingly, has become the recipient of these smugglers, who commit crimes as they cross the international border. However, our community bears the brunt and the stigma attached to this activity.