B.C. attorney general says increasing arrests to fight violent crime won't work
Murray Rankin says the government is considering a range of options to keep people safe.
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Murray Rankin says the government is considering a range of options to keep people safe.
It’s remarkable that someone directly responsible up until recently for a system so dysfunctional is the presumed front-runner in the NDP leadership race
B.C. premier: ‘We can’t arrest our way out of this challenge’
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan waded into British Columbia's contentious crime debate Wednesday, saying he understands concerns in communities about violent offenders, but arresting more people won't fix the issue.
The assistant deputy attorney general responsible for the prosecution service issued an unusual statement disputing the “catch and release” phrase and saying it’s not the province that set the strong presumption in favour of pretrial release