Tories Unveil Crime Bill, But Not The Costs

While I do believe that tougher sentencing laws are a good idea, I think that the fact that the government has not released the costs involved in this project is troubling. With an influx of over 4000 new inmates, many changes are going to need to be made, and they can't be cheap. There will need to be renovations done to many of Canada's prisons, and a few thousand more employees will need to be hired. If the government is able to find the funding for this project, without major cuts to the funding of any other programs, then I am all for it. But if the cost is too great and takes away funding for other important programs, then they may need to re-evaluate.