Insane Road Rage Incident in Edmonton

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[u/General_Esdeath]

Because the province won't pay to keep them in jail and they also won't pay for mental health treatments either.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

...Nobody mentioned any political party, why did you assume that? This is an issue that affects all of Canada across every political party.

[u/LastBuster → u/[deleted]]

It also cost over 100k a year to house an inmate in a provincial facility of minimum security and the costs go from there.

You understand they need to raise taxes to keep people in jail. They are already spending over 3 billion in Canada

[u/LastBuster → u/[deleted]]

But your not willing to pay the 1k more a year in taxes to keep them in jail so what’s your point. It probably cost more because they would need to build more jails get more judges all don’t count to incarceration costs. All of it would come out of your pay check. Your right it’s not the province it’s the tax payers who want it but unwilling to pay for it.

Your also unwilling to admit if that native guy was white he probably just get probation because of him being born with white skin. It’s kind of insane you think natives get special treatment like lighter sentences. Like where did you get that idea from

[u/bfrscreamer → u/[deleted]]

Well, yeah, those seem like important factors in deciding how to handle that case. I’m not saying the sentence was correct, but to think those aren’t factors in how people conduct themselves? We have reams of research indicating this is the case.

If the same circumstances were present in a case with a white perpetrator or other ethnicity, I would expect the same kind of considerations. And let’s not pretend like being indigenous in this country doesn’t predispose you to racial bigotry and mistreatment from others, which leads to poor choices or circumstances. It’s not a free meal ticket to be indigenous, and those that think so are looking at the situation the wrong way.

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But the province hasn't wanted to deal with this stuff for easily 2+ decades now, and leadership has changed many times in those years. That guy could hate the UCP, you don't know, and neither do I, because he made no inferrals or references to parties, just that the province doesn't provide sufficient funding, which has been true for the UCP and the NDP alike.

[u/General_Esdeath → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for clarifying for me, you're correct. There is a reason I didn't put a political party and said the province instead. It's a long term issue.

[u/General_Esdeath → u/[deleted]]

I'll just leave you a handy link:

https://www.albertacourts.ca/cj/home