In a speech delivered to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities on 2 June 2006, I find it interesting that the Conservatives are spending $161 million to hire 1,000 new RCMP officers and federal prosecutors, up to $800 million for affordable housing in the cities (with up to $300 million specifically at improving housing for Aboriginal Canadians who live off-reserve).
Meanwhile, programs aimed at preventing young people from succumbing to crime in the first place only get $50 million.
So, we're paying a little bit to get them active and engaged in our society, which can ultimately lead to their interdependance, and we're paying a lot more to house them and punish them if they go astray. This current direction reinforces my impression of the "daddy-state" the Conservatives are imposing: "I'm paying for the roof over your head so you'd better behave, or else!"
I wonder if this alienating move isn't another deliberate step to recreate a class structure and further disengage society from government, so he can freely pass whatever laws his corporate totalitarian buddies are pressing him for?
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