Letters: March 24, 2023
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Violent offender plan
How is this for an idea to bring to a halt the insane practice of granting bail for violent offenders? When they re-offend, as they invariably do, I believe that the person or persons in the judicial or bail systems who granted their release should, themselves, be held partially responsible and suffer a penalty for the new crimes committed. I can almost guarantee that this would bring back the common sense so sadly lacking in our broken judicial and bail systems. These people foolishly release violent offenders with little thought or concern for the safety of the public. If they had some skin in the game, something to lose, there would be an instant change. Wanna bet?
Betty-Anne Tremblay
They make mistakes, but they do their best. Let’s stay focused on the actual criminals.
Crime and punishment
Two polls show that a majority of Canadians trust the election results and want an inquiry. I wonder if Canadians will trust the results if an actual inquiry takes place. If an inquiry were to happen and we find out the Liberals covered up, is there a crime and what’s the punishment?
Edward Lacey
Good questions for which answers are yet to be determined.
Wrong guy for the job
Trudeau’s appointment of David Johnston, who has ties to The Trudeau Foundation, as a special rapporteur on election interference, will result in his government’s exoneration, similar to the findings of the recent Emergencies Act inquiry. This orchestrated whitewash will no doubt be followed by even more wrongdoing and phony inquiries. If Trudeau was truly interested in strengthening our democracy, he would do the right thing and resign as prime minister. But when’s the last time he did the right thing?
Joanne and Wayne Morcom
A friend of Trudeau is no friend of transparency on this one.
Simply inappropriate
The appointment of Trudeau “family friend” David Johnston to investigate election interference by Chinese interests is inappropriate. Johnston is taking on the role of the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland who proclaimed, “Sentence first — verdict afterwards.” Curiouser and curiouser.
Tom Newell
Johnston should have turned it down.
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