Is Canada's criminal justice system broken?

This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits with former Harper government advisor and UBC professor Benjamin Perrin to discuss how Canada's criminal justice system may actually be creating more harm than good. Plus, Mo asks Benjamin what went wrong with British Columbia's drug decriminalization? Recorded: October 9, 2023

[@Torrential_games]

broken more like non existent how it happens here in ontario some guy could have commited a jailable offense but instead of sending him/her to jail they get let free because its too fucking expensive to ship them from brantford to milton the issue is we don't have enough prisons and people won't pay the damn costs to transport them to jail unless they killed 3 people and offenses below robbery, murder or arson are just completely ignored now a person gets charged and then set free honestly if another country were to start treating canada like afghanistan then we would have change the united nations was constantly trying to help people there and even everyone was trade blocking russia for attacking ukraine people should be pressuring our government to fix this as its unjust to just let crime run rampant like this i wish we had actual police that did their jobs because atleast china can handle law breakers and we always say they are cruel but atleast they do something and even with my city brantford we have a police force with a very high budget yet we havethe most crime why because we are too far from any prisons and our courts are backed up so badly and we have so little judges why would our government allow this to get so bad people are worried about inflation im more worried about this issue than anything else

[@denise761]

Let’s talk science: almost all addictions are symptoms of trauma-
Let everyone make a sober decision if they want help to create a life without getting high to escape their pain.
Or not
Then we teach them that they can overcome and have a life worth living

[@anovosedlik]

Canada is WAY too lax. We need a much tougher justice system. Canada's justice system makes a mockery of victims. This guy has it wrong. When you let domestic abusers get off the hook, they will recommit. TRUST ME. I've seen it first hand.

[@denise761]

What are you doing about- maybe go and help some kids before they become the criminals and addicted. It only takes 1 person to tell a kid what your parents told you!!!

[@mattmcneill3669]

simple answer... Yes. When a convicted man who beheads a young man on a bus can be walking among us ten years after being sentenced, I'd say that's a terrible justice system. wouldn't be surprised if someone who commits money fraud could end up getting a longer sentence than a person who murders someone.

[@Torrential_games]

of course they would get a longer sentence but what if they don't get a sentence at all

[@javelinblue5414]

I think this guys wrong.