Advocates want Ottawa to stop changes to youth crime law

Law & Order | 206833 hits | Mar 08 8:31 am | Posted by: wildrosegirl

Canada's proposed tough-on-crime bill targeting youth will increase offences, decrease public safety and cost the provinces millions of dollars, say children's advocates who want the legislation scrapped.

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by martin14
Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:21 pm
So, the YCJA is already a joke, and the Canadian Bar wants to make it even more of a joke.

great..
by PJB
Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:38 pm
Why is it now we have so many advocates making so many excuses for these child delinquents. Pretty soon anybody under 16 will have an excuse for committing crimes..'Oh I had a bad childhood', 'Mommy and Daddy took away my cellphone or x-box'. I am sick of all of these damn excuses for kids that seem exempt from any responsibility. How about this..Kid commits the crime, parents do the time. See how long it would take for the kids straightening out.
by Freakinoldguy
Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:41 am
However, the proposed changes are also being blasted by the Canadian Bar Association and other groups who say many youth behind bars need treatment for conditions such as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and its resulting behavioural challenges.

Nick Bala, a law professor at Queen's University in Ottawa, said he will be appearing before the standing committee on Wednesday to argue against Bill C-4.

And once again the profession with the most to gain by having these little miscreants become full time clients rears it's ugly head.

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Charles Dickens
by martin14
Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:12 am
"PJB" said
Why is it now we have so many advocates making so many excuses for these child delinquents. Pretty soon anybody under 16 will have an excuse for committing crimes..'Oh I had a bad childhood', 'Mommy and Daddy took away my cellphone or x-box'. I am sick of all of these damn excuses for kids that seem exempt from any responsibility. How about this..Kid commits the crime, parents do the time. See how long it would take for the kids straightening out.

lawyers ad:
" Your kid will never serve a day, pay anything for what he does,
or ever need to take responsibility.. I guarantee it. "

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