Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Harper and Co. cook the books to promote their jail fetish

Conservatives, tho they would deny it, are some of the most cowardly, fear filled people on earth.

Crime statistics have become a hot topic of debate in federal politics recently.

The Conservative government has suggested that figures showing a declining crime rate are not accurate because fewer people are reporting crimes committed against them.

"The crime isn't going down," Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Oct. 6 at an announcement for a $155.5-million expansion of prisons in Ontario and Quebec. "It is still unacceptably high. Canadians should not be subjected to that kind of crime rate."

The Opposition Liberals, meanwhile, have accused the government of denying the statistics and trying to use crime to scare voters.


How else can conservatives govern?

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