Bill S-10 has passed third reading at the Senate, meaning it will move on to the House of Commons soon. Bill S-10 are mandatory minimum sentances for drug related offences ( aka US style "justice"). Passed today with no media attention.
"According to the Canadian Bar Association, which represents lawyers and judges across Canada, Bill S-10’s mandatory minimum sentences “…would not be an effective deterrent to crime”, the sentences would be “unjust and disproportionate”, a...nd ultimately the new law “would not achieve its intended goal of greater public safety.”
Specifically, the Canadian Bar Association warned the senate that the provisions of Bill S-10 “…subvert important aspects of Canada’s sentencing regime, including principles of proportionality and individualization and reliance on judges to impose a just sentence after hearing all the facts in the individual case.”
Under Bill S-10, judges are stripped of their power to make a compassionate ruling."
From what I understand some drugs will be reclassified. Ecstasy is slated to be reclassified, get caught with more than one pill, get charged with trafficking, get chucked in jail without the discretion of the judge, mandatory minimum imposed. Shits gonna get worse. Just look at the US, who has the highest incarceration rate, majority drug related offenses. I can't even believe that only a few years ago we had almost decriminalized marijuana and if this bill passes and you are caught with 5 plants you will serve a mandatory minimum. I can only imagine how much damage this bill will cause to our communities and the over incarceration of them.
We need to get organized and fight the passing of these new laws.
-Z
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