Ontario Liberals are being liberals. It’s what liberal-left fundamentalists do best.
Ministers called for reduced sentences
After an unprecedented summer of gun deaths in Toronto, two senior provincial ministers, the Attorney-General and the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, endorsed a sweeping plan to create an “offender-focused” justice system.
The plan called for fewer offenders to be charged, more accused people to be released on bail, inmates to be let out of jail more quickly and the closing of several jails.
[…] The plans—even though eventually rejected—are cause for concern, said Scott Newark, former vice-chair of the Office for Victims of Crime, an agency reporting to the Attorney-General.
“Thank God for whatever happened, whatever intervened to stop this train wreck,” he said.
“[The documents are] indicative of significant planning and intent to implement. This was a well-researched, thought-out, planned, intended process. […]
(Hat tip: Exile)
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