Hudak and his crime proposal.

Hudak seems to be switching gears from immigrant workers to his crime proposal. It seems he tried to do what the Liberals did to John Tory in the 2007 election by taking a very small part of the Liberals platform and tried to make it a major election issue.

Now let's focus on what I feel will be another flap by Hudak. The PC's want to do the following if elected:

1. Have sex offenders register so the public will know who they are and where they live.
2. Place GPS devices on sex offenders so if they leave a certain area the police will be notified
3. Chain gangs

Overall crime in Canada is now below levels from the 1960's. Yet the PC's want to have big brother watching all of our moves and tracking what we do if we were to get in trouble with the law.

I agree that sex offenders are the scum of our society, but as a society even these types of people have rights. They were found guilty, thrown in jail and served the time, and then released. Yes they should be registered and they are, but for the public to be able to log onto a website and find out where they live I feel is just wrong. This could lead to some people harassing these offenders because of crimes they were convicted and served the time. Once they leave jail they are placed on parole and under our law are not allowed to live within a certain distance of a school, these people have restrictions placed on them and they must adhere to these rules or go back to jail. That's the job of our parole officers, and it should not be the job of the general public to police.

The placing of GPS devices on sex offenders is not that bad of an idea, but when we are faced with large budget deficits, and a soaring Provincial debt where will the money come from for these devices and how much will it cost to have people sitting on a room and monitoring these people 24/7. I suspect tens of millions each year and this money could be used elsewhere in our local communities to educate our youth, and offer programs to ensure that people don't go down the wrong road.

Chain gangs I feel is a stupid idea and I for one would not want a chain gang working in my community near our schools and having our kids exposed to this. We are not Mississippi, or any of the other southern states that still have chain gangs.

Again I think some of Hudak's ideas will not fly with voters as we are not the United States, or crime rate is dropping and even police forces across the Province think his ideas are bad ideas.

Until next time!