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With Senate in his grip, PM drives crime agenda
By Gloria Galloway and Ddaniel Leblan, Globe and MailThe appointment of five new Conservative senators who promise to expedite their party's “tough on crime” agenda marks a realignment of political influence that will reverberate through Canada's Parliament for years to come.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has placed what could become a long-term lock on the upper house with a third straight round of Conservative appointments to a Senate that he has accused of being deliberately obstructionist – particularly on justice bills.
Senate hardly the biggest obstacle to Tory crime bills
By Gloria Galloway, Globe and MailPrime Minister Stephen Harper said in an interview Tuesday night with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge that the Liberal-dominated Senate has been blocking Conservative government legislation.
“We obviously can’t get our legislation through,” Mr. Harper responded when asked why he has reversed his decision not to appoint Senators. “What the Senate is blocking isn't just government crime legislation, it's blocking Senate reform legislation.”
Well, no.
Mandatory Minimums "Expected to Increase Disproportionate Incarceration of Aboriginal Peoples" says Office of the Correctional Investigator in Ottawa
On Friday Howard Sapers, correctional investigator, released a report Friday criticizing the government's lack of support programs for aboriginal prisoners.
