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Desmond Cole
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Senior Writer, The Breach
Toronto
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By Desmond Cole| The Breach Verified Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is determined to put more people behind bars if he becomes prime minister. Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada claim that Canada’s criminal justice system is too weak to deter and punish people who break the law. They want us to believe that more incarceration equals more safety. But the Conservative party rarely talks about the cycles of harm and dysfunction that result from locking people up.
By Desmond Cole| The Breach Verified As homelessness surges across Ontario, the looming election is yet another reminder of the province’s decades-long war on the very poor. Nowhere is this more evident than in the housing allowance provided through Ontario Works, the social assistance program for the unemployed. At just $390 a month for a single person, the so-called housing allowance isn’t a lifeline—it’s a poverty trap.
By Desmond Cole| The Breach Verified Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is determined to put more people behind bars if he becomes prime minister. Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada claim that Canada’s criminal justice system is too weak to deter and punish people who break the law. They want us to believe that more incarceration equals more safety. But the Conservative party rarely talks about the cycles of harm and dysfunction that result from locking people up.
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The Breach
Toronto, Canada