Emailed today:
Right Honourable Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
I am deeply troubled by the omnibus bill C-10 "Safe Streets and Communities Act" being considered by Parliament. While there are parts of this bill that should become law, others are highly problematic, and run counter to the best practices asserted by the social sciences and the experience of Correctional Services in other jurisdictions.
Given the negative outcomes that could be a direct result of some of the parts of this omnibus bill - including increased rates of crime, rapidly increasing costs of correctional services, and a grave toll in unnecessary human suffering - I urge you to ask Parliament to do the following:
- Debate and vote upon each of the nine Bills separately,
- Bring experts to provide a close review of the social science, and
- Hear from those in the legal and correctional services in the U.S. jurisdictions of Texas and Arkansas who experienced--and now advocate against--the approach laid out by Bill C-10.
Thank you for your service to Canadians,
Tal Henderson
Toronto
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