CONTRAST APPARENT

Letter writer Chris Buors (Nov. 25) does not agree the with the
Conservative government's approach to crime. He feels incarcerating
drug dealers like they do in the U.S., is a waste of time and will
not make us any safer. The fact is, increases in violent crime here
are directly related to the drug trade. The violent crime rate in
Canada was 951 per 100,000 in 2006 compared to only 473.5 in the U.S.
If made-in-Canada solutions to violence like our revolving-door
justice system, the youth criminal justice act and strict gun control
works so well, where is the proof? While our violent crime rate
continues to increase, Americans enjoy a 30-year low for all rates of crime.

Jeff Gardiner

(Interesting question.)