The guilt-ridden judiciary has put feelings before community safety for too long — and it's costing people their lives

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The Canadian experiment in free-range, low-consequence crime has failed miserably. It’s time for its enablers — the bleeding-heart politicians, judges and non-profit operators who insist on forcing the Canadian population to bear the burden of criminality — to call it off.

The hypothesis of these irresponsible advocates was this: criminal behaviour will magically wind down if the government ensures the provision of free drugs, generous bail and light, often racially-discounted, criminal sentences. Any “perceived” uptick in violence that results will simply be absorbed by the privileged public.

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Toronto police data shows the city has seen a 25 per cent rise in residential break-ins since last year, and a 400 per cent rise in break-ins with intent to steal a vehicle. Police-reported violent crime is at a 15-year high. And yet, Justice Minister Arif Virani can’t even see the problem, having handwaved the issue in July: “I think that empirically it’s unlikely” that Canada is becoming less safe, he told Reuters.

The unabated disorder is real. This justice minister has seen a wave of anti-Israel protests — cheering for terrorist Houthis in the streets and even managing to shut down a meeting of G7 leaders in Toronto, to the great embarrassment of this country. The justice department just doesn’t seem to care.

In a wonderful display of priorities, the justice minister has turned his attention to mean comments online. Meanwhile, southern Ontario is becoming an epicentre for violent break-ins by groups of armed men clad in all black. Rising crime is a matter of perception, Virani says, but three months into 2024, home invaders have wreaked havoc in Hamilton, in Scarborough, in Milton, in Oshawa, in Brampton and in a Halton-area village.

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