Mr. Speaker, Canadians have had enough of the government's lax attitude toward violent crime.
A woman was handed a conditional sentence of two years less a day for killing her partner in 1993, even though crown said that she was likely to reoffend.
Now, 10 years later, she is charged with allegedly attacking her new partner with a hammer.
Earlier this month two street racers were convicted of criminal negligence causing death for killing a pedestrian. One was even caught speeding while prohibited from driving as a condition of bail. Their punishment: two year conditional sentences.
A man who caused brain damage to his own baby gets house arrest.
Child pornographers regularly get house arrest.
A 58 year old man rapes a young girl he gets house arrest.
Abusers who traumatize their victims for life get the equivalent of a time out for punishment.
Any remaining confidence in our justice system was shattered last week when a man got five years for his part in the killing of 329 people with a bomb.
Canadians are not impressed.