Although I enjoy writing this and expressing my political views, unfortunately I will not be able to update until late December or early January. I am a student and it is now the time of final papers and exams, and I am forced to temporarily stop writing here in order to ensure that I manage to complete my courses successfully this term.
Wish me luck!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
More crime bills!!!
This has been an amazing week so far for the Conservative Government! They have been moving strongly to tackle crime with several announcements over the past few days. First, on Monday they announced much-needed amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act (as I wrote in my previous post).
They followed that up strongly yesterday by tackling the horrible problem of drugs and the drug trade in Canada. Those criminals convicted of drug traffiking would be automatically subject to mandatory prison terms. I personally find it surprising and repugnant that currently drug traffikers and dealers are not being sent directly to prison for minimum sentences already... If someone chooses to engage in such a harmful and illegal activity which ruins thousands of Canadian lives each and every year, there must be serious consequences!
And now today, the Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson is addressing the rising issue of identity theft. Although I have never been a victim to this and I am very carefully in disclosing my personal information, I am worried about this type of crime. Your identity can be stolen by someone down the street from you or by someone halfway around the world and you might never know that someone has been masquerading illegally as you. Identity theft is a rising concern in today's society and I am very proud of the Government for not only recognizing this but also fighting back.
They followed that up strongly yesterday by tackling the horrible problem of drugs and the drug trade in Canada. Those criminals convicted of drug traffiking would be automatically subject to mandatory prison terms. I personally find it surprising and repugnant that currently drug traffikers and dealers are not being sent directly to prison for minimum sentences already... If someone chooses to engage in such a harmful and illegal activity which ruins thousands of Canadian lives each and every year, there must be serious consequences!
And now today, the Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson is addressing the rising issue of identity theft. Although I have never been a victim to this and I am very carefully in disclosing my personal information, I am worried about this type of crime. Your identity can be stolen by someone down the street from you or by someone halfway around the world and you might never know that someone has been masquerading illegally as you. Identity theft is a rising concern in today's society and I am very proud of the Government for not only recognizing this but also fighting back.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Youth Crime: A Serious Problem
Yesterday, the Conservative Government of Canada introduced very important legislation to fight back against youth crime in Canada. For far too long, young offenders have been given a blank cheque to commit harmful crimes, including property crimes as well as violent offences, without receiving anything more than a slap on the wrist or a few years probation.
There is no deterrence for these young criminals to stop committing crimes unless we make a meaningful stand with real accountability for violent and/or habitual offenders. For too long, Canada's youth crime laws have ignored the principle that crime in wrong. Breaking the law is wrong and we need to send that message to these kids. If you do commit a crime, you must pay for your actions.
Another vitally important component of the proposed legislation is that it would make it possible for teenagers charged with committing a crime can be held in custody until the completion of their trial. When an individual is suspected of committing a violent offence, they should not be free in the community until it has been proven in a court of law that they are not guilty of the offence. It's better to be safe than sorry when it come to violent criminals, no matter how old they are.
There is no deterrence for these young criminals to stop committing crimes unless we make a meaningful stand with real accountability for violent and/or habitual offenders. For too long, Canada's youth crime laws have ignored the principle that crime in wrong. Breaking the law is wrong and we need to send that message to these kids. If you do commit a crime, you must pay for your actions.
Another vitally important component of the proposed legislation is that it would make it possible for teenagers charged with committing a crime can be held in custody until the completion of their trial. When an individual is suspected of committing a violent offence, they should not be free in the community until it has been proven in a court of law that they are not guilty of the offence. It's better to be safe than sorry when it come to violent criminals, no matter how old they are.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Dion the Hypocrite Once Again
Sorry I haven't written much lately, but unfortunately sometimes being a student and having essays and tests gets in the way of being a Conservative! ha
I just want to take this opportunity to comment on the sheer hypocrisy Stephane Dion has been demonstrating lately. He has the audacity to introduce a new plan in order to reduce poverty in Canada, despite the fact that the former Liberal government had 13 long years to do something about poverty but did practically nothing. It's the exact same way he has been attacking the Conservative Government on the environment, even though it was under his Liberal government that Canada's environmental record became so shameful. It was the Liberal Government who signed on to the Kyoto protocol but they allowed green house gas emissions to skyrocket by 33%!
I just want to take this opportunity to comment on the sheer hypocrisy Stephane Dion has been demonstrating lately. He has the audacity to introduce a new plan in order to reduce poverty in Canada, despite the fact that the former Liberal government had 13 long years to do something about poverty but did practically nothing. It's the exact same way he has been attacking the Conservative Government on the environment, even though it was under his Liberal government that Canada's environmental record became so shameful. It was the Liberal Government who signed on to the Kyoto protocol but they allowed green house gas emissions to skyrocket by 33%!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
More Aggravation!!
This morning, I was in one of my classes, and this guy sat down next to me, and he seemed nice enough and everything, and we were getting along pretty well, just chatting randomly, nothing in particular. We got along, that is, until, he said that the Prime Minister was "ruining" Canada. According to him, Canada is "undertaxed" and we spend "far too little" money on social programs...
Wow, just wow...
Well of course I immediately took the opportunity to correct him of this opinion - however, I didn't do a very good job of doing so. I explained that the Conservative Government and Prime Minister Harper were helping Canadians be leaving more of their hard-earned tax dollars with them, rather than using the money on social spending with the sol goal of buying votes and campaign volunteers as the Liberals did every single year they were in power.
Wow, just wow...
Well of course I immediately took the opportunity to correct him of this opinion - however, I didn't do a very good job of doing so. I explained that the Conservative Government and Prime Minister Harper were helping Canadians be leaving more of their hard-earned tax dollars with them, rather than using the money on social spending with the sol goal of buying votes and campaign volunteers as the Liberals did every single year they were in power.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Right is Right, and Liberals and Socialists are fools
So, I was in my Canadian politics course this afternoon, and the professor asked us all, "who here likes free market economics?" and I, of course!, raised my hand. But to my dismay, out of the more than a hundred people in the class, only about 8 or 9 of had our hands raised. Then the prof asked, "and who here would like to see government intervention and control in the running of the economy?" and OVER HALF of the class raised their hands!!! What a bunch of fools... but you know what, the most infuriating part of it all, was the look on the prof's face when she saw all those riased hands. It was obvious she agreed with them, and not me and the other few sane and conservative members of the class.
I mean, before I came to university this year, I had heard that campuses across the country were just swarming with liberals and socialist professors, but I never though it could be this blatent and obvious! I had always though that university would be a place to learn new ideas, meet new people, and debate important issues, but instead we're just all supposed to be Liberals! As much as the Liberal Party of Canada likes to go on about tolerance, they are some of the least tolerant people i have ever met, if you don't agree with them politically!
I mean, before I came to university this year, I had heard that campuses across the country were just swarming with liberals and socialist professors, but I never though it could be this blatent and obvious! I had always though that university would be a place to learn new ideas, meet new people, and debate important issues, but instead we're just all supposed to be Liberals! As much as the Liberal Party of Canada likes to go on about tolerance, they are some of the least tolerant people i have ever met, if you don't agree with them politically!
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