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Originally Posted by Slava
I don't think anyone is naive enough to think that we can prevent every murder. That's not the test. But from my armchair, it's disconcerting that we have these cases where violent offenders are released despite a high likelihood (as assessed by the board) of reoffending.
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You and I are pretty aligned on this but I did hear a comment from an expert out of Ottawa today which raised a good point. He basically said that yes questioning the parole board decision is always fair but the reality is that parole boards across Canada have been requesting increased funding and resources and support, and case loads and the justice system has experienced quite a large burden / increase in needs and so it’s been tough to keep up. Funding has either been cut or frozen and so it’s put stress on the system.
Is it anymore obvious that taxes are going up in this country one day? CliffFletcher bangs the drum a lot about Canadians and their incongruent societal demands vs. expectations of tax structures to get there but he’s 110% correct. It’s not even a real political statement at this point. Decreasing quality of education, health care, guess you can add this to the list maybe too? If people want parole boards to decline releases people need to be consistent in that they agree that taxes can increase to compensate same.