what bothers me even more than the billion dollars we wasted on a firearms registry is the fact that Canada has become known as a''safe haven'' for murder suspects.There have been several instances where suspects fled to Canada and claimed if sent back, they could face the death penalty.The canadian government will feed and house these people and negotiate a no death penalty agreement or we won't deport them back to the US.This costs the suspect nothing, we[ that means you and me-Canadian taxpayers] pick up the tab to negotiate such an agreement.This can delay the trial for years and greatly enhance their chances to get off scott free, simply due to the delay of bringing the case to trial. In some cases many of the witnesses have died.Charles NG spent 9 years in Canda before he was deported and subsequently convicted of multiple sex related murders.We just sent back, after years of delay[ paid for by you and me] two young men now convicted in Washington state for a brutal murder of family members- all to try and gain life insurance money.The Canadian government had refused to allow them to be extradidted unless assurances were given that if convicted, they would not be executed.After year s of delay, Washington state agreed to the terms, just so they could proceed with a trial.The men were summarily convicted and sentanced to life.Maybe the nextstep is for us to demand early parole if they think the life sentances were too harsh.....and we accuse the US of meddling in other countries affairs.
Maybe the first order of business for the new Liberal-NDP government should be to take out advertising in the US advising criminals of their legal options if they come to Canada.....who knows, we might even fast track their immigration
