Monday morning summary
A few items from the papers this morning, in no order of importance.
Youth Crime study will annoy the Cons
The National Post here lays out a story that the "Canada's revamped young offender laws -- described by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as an "unmitigated failure" -- have, in fact, been a clear success in keeping adolescents out of court and custody without increasing youth crime, concludes a new academic analysis."
This is bound to set the current government back on its heels. A cornerstone of its "tough on crime" policies is putting youth away in greater numbers than now. I wonder just how long it will be before the full force of the Con caucus hot air that will be coming its way.
Wonder of wonders lookey here
The TO Star has concluded, after an academic study, that local developers have been feeding the bank accounts of incumbent municipal politicians for their re-election campaigns. What a surprise! Anybody who has examined the campaign returns of Cobourg Councillors will know that the majority of them, including the "four dead white men" ran their campaigns on developer money. A few campaigns ago it was almost criminal, where four of the incumbents and one aspirant received money from the Company pushing the WalMart application. In fact the Walmart application was voted upon by those people whilst they had campaign money in their accounts. But that was then and this is now. So let's move on and realise that nothing has changed. Next time around Candidates will be funded by developers, not because the maximum donation of $750 will not corrupt them but because all concerned want to either feel wanted or fund their campaigns. As one recipient commented at the time, "I took the money because it's not illegal!"
Gotcha Politics at its worst
Prince Harry, love him or hate him he does provide column inches. But put it into perspective. The video of PH calling a fellow cadet "My Paki Friend" and another one a "Raghead" was sold by another cadet at the scene to a tabloid, three years after the taping, for a five figure sum.
If one wants to defend the incident look into the context for malice, there is none. On the other hand just voicing the offending words is enough for his critics to emerge. A furious Muslim community leader branded Harry, 24, a "thug", one race campaigner called for him to be kicked out of the Army and MPs are outraged. Runs the gamut.
All I know is that times have changed but the Armies probably haven't. If one looks at candid tapes from 'Ghan or Iraq the grunts are using much more severe language than this. But that's an expression of war - different horses for different courses!
These guys would never have lasted in the Army I knew, and served in!
Youth Crime study will annoy the Cons
The National Post here lays out a story that the "Canada's revamped young offender laws -- described by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as an "unmitigated failure" -- have, in fact, been a clear success in keeping adolescents out of court and custody without increasing youth crime, concludes a new academic analysis."
This is bound to set the current government back on its heels. A cornerstone of its "tough on crime" policies is putting youth away in greater numbers than now. I wonder just how long it will be before the full force of the Con caucus hot air that will be coming its way.
Wonder of wonders lookey here
The TO Star has concluded, after an academic study, that local developers have been feeding the bank accounts of incumbent municipal politicians for their re-election campaigns. What a surprise! Anybody who has examined the campaign returns of Cobourg Councillors will know that the majority of them, including the "four dead white men" ran their campaigns on developer money. A few campaigns ago it was almost criminal, where four of the incumbents and one aspirant received money from the Company pushing the WalMart application. In fact the Walmart application was voted upon by those people whilst they had campaign money in their accounts. But that was then and this is now. So let's move on and realise that nothing has changed. Next time around Candidates will be funded by developers, not because the maximum donation of $750 will not corrupt them but because all concerned want to either feel wanted or fund their campaigns. As one recipient commented at the time, "I took the money because it's not illegal!"
Gotcha Politics at its worst
Prince Harry, love him or hate him he does provide column inches. But put it into perspective. The video of PH calling a fellow cadet "My Paki Friend" and another one a "Raghead" was sold by another cadet at the scene to a tabloid, three years after the taping, for a five figure sum.
If one wants to defend the incident look into the context for malice, there is none. On the other hand just voicing the offending words is enough for his critics to emerge. A furious Muslim community leader branded Harry, 24, a "thug", one race campaigner called for him to be kicked out of the Army and MPs are outraged. Runs the gamut.
All I know is that times have changed but the Armies probably haven't. If one looks at candid tapes from 'Ghan or Iraq the grunts are using much more severe language than this. But that's an expression of war - different horses for different courses!
These guys would never have lasted in the Army I knew, and served in!
1 comments:
That cartoon says it all, Ben.
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