Conservative MP Larry Brock has launched a petition calling for the Liberal government to reform Canada’s bail system and repeal “soft-on-crime” legislation, citing an increase in violent crime over the last decade.
“Increasingly, it’s repeat, violent offenders committing these crimes; individuals who never should have been back on the streets in the first place,” the MP said in a July 3 statement. “That’s why I’m calling on the federal government to take immediate action.”
Statistics Canada data shows violent crime has increased by 50 percent since 2015, while sexual assaults have risen by 74 percent, gun crimes are up by 116 percent, and extortion cases are up by 357 percent, Brock said….