Are the Tories still the party of law and order?

Violent crime never ceases, it ebbs and flows. Right now, it is flowing redder and redder on Canadian streets and no party leader will say anything about it, even the one that should.

Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured on the Hill on Dec. 6, 2021. O’Toole steered clear of law and order in the last election, despite the legitimate need to address the growing tendency of people to shoot, shank, or beat each other, writes Geoff Russ. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GEOFF RUSS

December 13, 2021

The Conservative Party was going to tackle lawlessness. The party announced a detailed anti-drug initiative promising to punish and prevent the use and sale of illegal narcotics. The party’s e...

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