Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is joining Conservative leaders in condemning a Supreme Court ruling that says mandatory minimum jail sentences for child pornography offences are unconstitutional.
“Child sexual abuse images and video, this is like one of the worst things that anyone can do,” Kinew told reporters at an unrelated event on Nov. 3.
“Not only should (you) go to prison for a long time, they should bury you under the prison. You shouldn’t get protective custody. They should put you into general population, if you know what I mean.”
Canada’s top court ruled on Oct. 31 that the one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the highest court indicated that such minimum sentences strip judges of their discretion to impose alternative sentences to imprisonment when deemed suitable….