Enforce them, but these laws are an ass
It was inevitable that conflicts would arise between the Harper government and some of Canada’s courts. Now, it’s happening.
These conflicts will continue to occur because the laws being passed are the kind some judges take exception to, and that have been denounced by criminologists and other experts across the country because they challenge what judges hold dear – their discretion to apply the law as they see fit.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/enforce-them-but-these-laws-are-an-ass/article16006477/
As Statistics Canada reported last March, overall spending on the justice system rose 23 per cent between 2002 and 2012, whereas Canada’s crime rate actually fell by exactly the same proportion during those years. After Mr. Harper’s Conservatives came into office, the government drove up yearly criminal justice spending from $400 per capita to $480 between 2006 and 2012 – an increase of 20 per cent – despite the decrease of serious crime rates, including homicides.
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