SCARY AGENDA

Criminologists and studies worldwide prove that mandatory minimum
sentences do not work.

The U.S is a perfect example of how mandatory minimum sentences and
prison expansion cost far more than the taxpayers and government can
afford, and create a corrupt, costly and unaccountable industry. The
enormous expense of housing people in cells, paying for their food,
and paying for guards to watch them is beyond what Canada can support
- -- and Prime Minister Stephen Harper won't even disclose the
projected costs for the jail building plans. How do the Conservatives
expect to pay for a prison boom after making such bold promises on child care?

This government scares me more and more every day. I pray that
Canadians will pressure their members of Parliament to not support
this proposal or the Conservative party's U.S-influenced agenda. It's
a cost that Canada can simply not afford -- financially, ethically and morally.

Jodie Giesz-Ramsay,

Vancouver