Public Safety committee  It's true that the damage is done, but if we could have restitution that's more than just a slap on the wrist and they had to pay back the insurance premiums and actually pay for the $80,000, $90,000 or $100,000 grain truck or things that are stolen out in the fields as the farme

Public Safety committee  I think reducing that Youth Criminal Justice Act age, bringing it down, will deter the youth when they know they're not just going to get a clean slate at 18. I think that will also help with the lifelong criminals who have these teenagers doing these crimes for their benefit. I

Public Safety committee  Again, the damage is done, as Lane said, but it's not just the stricter punishments and the harsher penalties; it's enforcing those convictions. Much of the time, you hear about guys who get 18 months in jail, but they're out in three or they're out in five. I've talked with jail

Public Safety committee  In respect to southern Saskatchewan, we do see them once in a while. Their jurisdictions are 40 to 50 miles wide, or close to 100 kilometres from end to end. For them to go from one side to the other side every day is not possible. We have a grid road system down in southern Sask

Public Safety committee  In Moose Jaw, they have six officers, I believe, right now. For the most part, they have two on overnight at different times, and maybe three during the day. There are going to be people with a day off. There is going to be an officer who will have to be in court and will have pa

Public Safety committee  There are members on our page whom we try to monitor. We either mute them or delete them from the page. We probably would have close to 20,000 members if we didn't do this. Many members comment on the “shoot, shovel, and shut up” type of mentality. That doesn't work. I foresee

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon, members of the committee, members of Parliament, and the other witnesses called upon to speak on rural crime today. My name is Nick Cornea, and I am the founder and president of Farmers Against Rural Crime, a Facebook page that I started up in February to bring a