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| Tory 'Tough On Crime' Policies Making Prisons Unsafe, Workers Say |
| By huffingtonpost.ca - Althia Raj |
| Published: 11/05/2013 |
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Stephen Harper’s Conservative party’s policies are being attacked by an unlikely foe this weekend: corrections officers. The women and men who see the consequences of the federal government’s “tough on crime” legislation firsthand say the bills are wrongheaded, and create a more dangerous work environment for them. Representatives of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers say they feel their rights are being trampled upon by a Conservative party bent on destroying unions. “Harper wants to be tough on crime… but he’s not giving us the resources to do it properly,” said Trevor Davis, a corrections officer at the William Head Institution on Vancouver Island. The Tories are not looking at the effects of the bills they are passing, he said. “They are making our jails unsafe.” Read More. |
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