Tag: Crime

British Columbians are Paying More For Housing Because the BC Liberals Turned a Blind Eye to Dirty Money

Published May 16, 2019 Analysis

Here’s how the BC Liberals’ failure to take action on money laundering made the housing crisis worse

‘Dirty Money’ Casino Operators Gave More Than $300,000 to BC Liberals Ahead of Last Election

Published July 5, 2018 New

BC Liberals received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the operators of two casinos named in money laundering report

Here are 17 more Conservative friends of Stephen Harper now in trouble with the law

Published June 25, 2015

Dean Del Mastro isn't the only one of Stephen Harper's friends who now find themselves in trouble with the law.

New Conservative “tough-on-crime” bill courting another losing battle with Supreme Court?

Published March 11, 2015

Is the Harper government courting yet another Supreme Court battle with its latest “tough-on-crime” bill? Slated to be tabled on Wednesday, the Conservatives “life without parole bill” proposes mandatory life sentences for certain violent offenders — while empowering the public safety minister to grant parole in rare cases. But experts predict legal challenges if the bill becomes law […]

What the Conservatives don’t want you to know about their “tough-on-crime” agenda

Published February 4, 2015

The Conservatives say they’re tough on crime, but they seem to be soft on facts. Costly, controversial and occasionally unconstitutional – experts say the Harper government’s “tough-on-crime agenda” doesn’t deserve credit for Canada’s falling crime rate. And while the current spotlight is on the Tories anti-terror legislation, a new justice reform bill is expected as early as next week. Red flags are already being raised […]

Stephen Harper said WHAT about crime and aboriginal women?

Published August 22, 2014

Don’t think of Canada’s growing list of murdered and missing indigenous women as any sort of “sociological phenomenon,” Stephen Harper says. In Harper’s black and white world, the murder of Tina Fontaine in Winnipeg, an aboriginal teenager who had run away from her foster home, is simply a crime for law enforcement to solve. The problem? […]

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