House passes billions of dollars in crime bills, doesn’t know full costs

PBO Kevin Page says crime bill will have significant impact on the lengths of sentences, justice systems already very stretched.

Parliament's passing of a slew of a law and order bills that will bloat federal and provincial budgets to the tune of billions of dollars without first knowing how much they would cost is a "systemic failure," says Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page.

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