- Pledges to reintroduce ‘Life Means Life’ legislation to ensure that criminals who commit the most heinous of crimes spend the rest of their life behind bars without the chance for parole (1, 2, 5, 18)
- Believes there should be mandatory minimum sentences for the following types of offenders: violent, repeat, and those convicted of sexual assault against a minor (4)
- Will not support the legalization of marijuana, and pledges to spend an additional $4.5 million to fund police teams that target illegal grow-ops (1, 16)
- Will compile a formal list of gangs, similar to what is done for terrorist groups, to help ease prosecution of gang members (1, 3)
- Pledges to spend an additional $2.5 million per year on programs to help steer teens away from gang activity (1, 3)
- Pledges to renew, for an additional five years, Canada’s plans to combat human trafficking and new RCMP human trafficking teams in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg at an annual cost of $8 million (1, 7, 11)
- Supports a sex registry with mandatory DNA banking, and a registry information network (4)
| - Opposes the ‘Life Means Life’ and believe that mandatory sentencing is unnecessary and supports maintaining judges power and ability to determine the length of the sentence for serious criminals (1)
- Believe that there should be rules that allow for more severe punishments for violent crimes, subject to judicial supervision (1, 12)
- Promises to decriminalize personal marijuana possession (10)
- Pledges to spend an additional $250 million over for years to increase the number of RCMP officers by 2500 in order to expand the RCMPs ability to combat organized crime (9, 10)
- Will invest an additional $30 million in crime prevention programs, especially targeting youth (10)
- Pledges to improving access to prison rehabilitation programs (10)
| - Believes the justice system already recognizes risk of granting parole to criminals but would investigate any plans to make communities safer (1, 18)
- Pledges to repeal some mandatory minimum prison sentences and reserve them for only the most violent of crimes (17)
- Will legalize and reform access to marijuana (1, 8)
- Will provide $100 million yearly to the provincial and territorial governments in an effort to combat gang-related violence and eliminate illegal firearms (6)
- Promises to develop and implement a strategy to deal with gender-based violence, and to ensure that victims have places to go when leaving a violent situation (8)
| - Opposes the ‘Life Means Life’ act as they believe it would apply to few people and prevent rehabilitation (1)
- Promises to repeal mandatory minimum sentencing (1, 13, 14, 15)
- Will legalize and reform access to marijuana (1, 15)
- Commits to increasing penalties for domestic violence (13)
- Will work towards restoring the prison farm system; believes that the program offers criminals a chance of rehabilitation through education and meaningful work (13)
- Pledges to make resources available to communities such that they are able to engage in restorative justice and community healing (13)
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