As a former lawyer, MP and federal minister, current Court of Queen’s Bench judge Vic Toews might be expected to know a thing or two about the law. In fact, reasonable people would expect him to know many more than two things about the legal system he participated in and helped craft for decades.
On Monday, conservative demagogue federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced his resignation as minister and Member of Parliament. What will he do with his days now that he’s no longer imposing unreasonably harsh sentences on crimes and trying to watch what we do online? Will he speak about how legalizing gay marriage brought “the […]
The reality TV crew that accompanied Canada Border Services agents on Wednesday’s immigration raids didn’t just get to tag along on a whim; they had explicit approval from public safety minister Vic Toews.
Good news for the Canadian internet today. The Conservative government is pulling the plug on Bill C-30, the infamous online surveillance bill that would have allowed law enforcement access to the telephone and internet records of citizens without any warrants.
Pizza orgies, which were all the craze in Canada’s federal penitentiaries, came to an abrupt halt last year when public safety minister Vic Toews got wind of them. Rick Mercer’s latest rant for the Rick Mercer Report (aired yesterday) chastises Toews for his decision to stop the food runs, many of which also raised money for charity.
The Conservative government loves to throw money around, especially when it’s in Tory ridings. Have a playground that needs a fix-up? Maybe a park that needs benches replaced or a pool that needs a new diving board? All you have to do is ask and a whole fleet of government ministers will show up in your small town with briefcases of cash.
Vic Toews is tough on crime, even victimless crimes that are only crimes due to obscenely archaic and xenophobic laws.
If you like pizza parties, prison may just be the place for you. That is until party-pooping Vic Toews gets his way. Turns out that prison is very similar to grade in the ’90s when Pizza Hut would throw your class a party for reading books. Except in prison it’s more like they just spend their own money and buy pizza.
Canadians are about to become even safer, and we have the brutalization of international prisoners to thank for it!
Canada’s favourite walrus Vic Toews says Bill C-30, the warrantless spying bill that a majority of the country rejected, would help the investigation into the gruesome body parts murder.
The Kingston Penitentiary will soon be shut down, bringing an end to a prison with a long history of brutality and abuse. Sun News, however, laments the closure of this institution precisely because of its cruel history.
