Canada: Legalization Task Force to be Announced in Several Weeks
Mayor and provincial minister of public safety talking tough. What about the feds?
Surrey has been the site of more than 30 shootings since January, and residents have demanded government at all levels take action.
Last week, Mayor Linda Hepner offered tough talk about those involved with the shootings — "I want to call them punks," she said — saying that tougher sentences and more enforcement was the solution.
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Morris also trumpeted enforcement, quoted as saying, "We're going to put these guys in jail."
So what does the federal government have to offer?
On The Coast host Stephen Quinn spoke with Ralph Goodale, Canada's Minister of Public Safety for answers to that question.
What is the federal government specifically doing on the ground in the community of Surrey to try and bring this gun violence to an end?
I am prepared to engage in that dialogue,...
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