Note that National Post is a very conservative publication, and as such is going to have a bias for "tough on crime" solutions. It is not surprising that this article chooses to focus on bail reform.
Personally, i notice that the sudden rise in crime happened almost exactly at the same time as the fact that rents jumped out of reach for many people.
The fact that the spike in random violence appeared at the same time tent cities did should be obvious to anyone.
It seems likely that a mentally unwell man is far more likely to stab somebody on the subway when that's the place he spends all day to stay warm since the homeless shelters are full.
> happened almost exactly at the same time as the fact that rents jumped out of reach for many people.
Bingo. But if you accept this as causation than fault lies in at the feet of an inept government and central bank and not the individuals stressed to the max by a society built to ensure zero social mobility and widening wealth inequality.
I primarily blame municipal governments for the housing crisis, with a secondary finger pointed at the provincial governments that have the constitutional power to override bad municipal decisions.
This is the fruit of NIMBYism, same as in California.
No mention of the federal government adding a million people last year? Even if the provincial governments eliminated all zoning rules, there just is not enough building capacity to keep up with that reckless immigration rate.
Agree. In Canada,we basically have media that is universally anti-Trudeau (National Post, Toronto Sun) and media that is universally pro Trudeau (CBC, CTV, Global news, Toronto Star).
Global is owned by Corus, the same company that owns all of right wing talk radio. It is not firmly right-wing like the a postmedia group, but also not firmly pro-Trudeau. And while the Star has historically had a stron left-wing bias, it is starting to drift to center under its new conservative ownership.
As for the CBC, while they're quite progressive, they bog down their political coverage under so much boring trivial cultural stuff that it's basically unlistenable.
If an asteroid were flying towards the earth, Postmedia would blame Trudeau, the Star would blame Harper, and CBC would be airing a detailed history of the nose-flute in the Philippines.
Personally, i notice that the sudden rise in crime happened almost exactly at the same time as the fact that rents jumped out of reach for many people.
The fact that the spike in random violence appeared at the same time tent cities did should be obvious to anyone.
It seems likely that a mentally unwell man is far more likely to stab somebody on the subway when that's the place he spends all day to stay warm since the homeless shelters are full.