Location: Manitoba Legislative Building, North Entrance
Sponsor: John Howard Society of Manitoba
You are invited to take part in a rally being organized at the Legislature, to call on the Manitoba government to follow the lead of Newfoundland, Quebec and Ontario and the Official Opposition in British Columbia in opposing Bill C-10, the crime omnibus bill currently being rushed through Parliament.
Unfortunately, comments made recently by the Attorney General for Manitoba, Andrew Swan suggest that Manitoba currently favours the Bill, which among other things would immediately aggravate overcrowding in Manitoba jails and siphon much needed money away from social programs and other crime-fighting initiatives– quite apart from the fact that Bill C-10 will do nothing to reduce crime. Therefore it is important to bring out as many people as possible to tell Manitoba we need to ‘get off the omnibus’ if we want to have money left for the kinds of initiatives that do reduce crime, address poverty and build stronger communities.
More information: Bill C-10 Fact Sheet
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