Mar 212013
from the Winnipeg Free Press
"Ottawa’s tough-on-crime stance is costing the taxpayer a whole lot more than we ever bargained for, a Manitoba social agency says.
"Commenting on a new Parliamentary budget study out today, the John Howard Society says the worst predictions it made back when the Harper government was loading anti-crime bills into the Commons are now coming home to roost. And it’s the taxpayer who’s stuck with the bill.
"The new study says spending on criminal justice climbed 23 percent over the last decade, just as crime rates fell 23 percent. …"
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