What's confusing is that somehow the old city council (including Ric) treated the CPS as a sacred cow, immune from budget scrutiny.
Regardless of who Nenshi posed his question to, Chief Hanson singled out Nenshi, then refused to refute the 'allegations' with actual statistics.
As for the comment that Rick Hanson is the most respected public official in Calgary, hardly. He comes off as an uneducated, reactionary mouthpiece.
How many times now have stats been released to suggest that crime in this country is dropping, only to have Hanson (or other top brass) quoted in the Sun suggesting violent crimes were actually on the rise, but that any decrease in crime is directly due to officer diligence.
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