Breaking platform promises: the series - I

A re-elected Conservative Government will do more to strengthen the safety and security of our justice system.

For a justice system to be safe and secure, the laws need to be clear and applied as they were designed to be applied.

Laws must also be applied equally, not on an arbitrary, case by case basis at the whim of one man.

Especially not this man -
We have seen Steve’s Government for the select few deny rights to a child soldier, to Canadians on death row abroad, and now this -

(Emphasis mine)

Two British Columbians serving time for drug offences in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit against Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day for blocking their transfers to Canadian prisons. In Federal Court documents filed earlier this month, B.C. lawyer John Conroy said Day's decisions in the separate cases of Steve Czinege and Winnie Lam were "incorrect in law and unreasonable in fact."

Day cited national security as a reason for blocking the transfers, and there’s the problem. Even pinko-commie-leftists-bleeding-heart-liberals want drug dealers off the streets. That’s why we support laws to incarcerate them.

However, we also understand the importance of applying laws equally, and as they were intended, or what we end up with is a wild-west approach where there is the risk that whatever sheriff is in charge will dole out unequal justice based on his own ideals and prejudices.

The documents allege Day has no lawful jurisdiction to deny, refuse or postpone Czinege and Lam's entry into Canada and that neither constitutes a threat to the country's security.

"I've never seen that [security threat] label placed on anybody before this minister," Conroy said. "It's usually used in the context of terrorism and things like that. He's using it as a threat." Conroy said Day's logic makes little sense.

Well, most of us suspected that when he affirmed his belief that dinosaurs walked the planet at the same time as humans.

And other choice quotes.

Playing loose with the law -

This case by case method is not new with Steve’s government of the few and privileged. Day has attempted to use it before.

In late August, Federal Court Justice Michael Kelen criticized Day for citing national security as a reason to stop the transfer of convicted child molester Arend Getkate from a U.S. prison to a Canadian facility. Kelen said Day's use of the term national security risk in that case was "wholly unreasonable" and quashed the decision, which the government did not appeal.

Again, we pinkos don’t want convicted child molesters walking around, but existing laws to deal with them need be applied. To abuse legislation meant for terrorism clouds both criminal law and laws applying to terrorism which will undermine the integrity of our justice and security systems.

Added Day bonus: we Canadians get to pay for Day’s defense of this case in which he is clearly wrong. Sued by drug dealers. You might not want to put that one on your resume, Doris.