The Harper government says life means life.
Justice Minister Peter MacKay has introduced legislation to keep Canada’s most heinous criminals behind bars for life without the possibility of parole.
MacKay says it’s for those criminals who commit planned and deliberate murder involving kidnapping, sexual assault, terrorism or the killing of police or corrections officers.
Critics say that the legislation is not necessary since the country’s most dangerous criminals, like Paul Bernardo and Robert Pickton, will never get out of jail under the laws we already have.
