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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
- The current climate of the justice system which favours leniency over punishment, which has put many dangerous offenders back on the streets.
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Honest question: Do we have any evidence that the justice system itself has become more lenient? I know some Harper-era laws have been struck down, but I don't believe those laws have ever been conclusively tied to reductions in crime.
One major item missing from your list is lack of enforcement. The police, at least here in Toronto, appear to have just given up. I know more than one person who has been the victim of a serious crime and who has had no follow up from the police after phoning it in. How do you get violent people off the street if the police stop investigating violent crimes? That's not even mentioning the utter lack of enforcement on traffic violations, vandalism, fare evasion, &c., altogether leading to a culture of impunity.