Prime Minister Stephen Harper's majority Conservative government will be fighting to make a pledge of legislation bundling together many crime fighting laws. the laws will contain

• An increase in the number of mandatory minimum sentences.
• The elimination of house arrest for violent offences.
• A higher cost of applying for a criminal pardon.
• New measures to combat drug crimes.
• Stiffer jail terms for child predators.

Right now Canada's crime is at an all time low and some think that this will hike up the cost of the justice system while doing nothing to deter criminals. Peter Van Loan says "Crime is still to high in this Country" and "Our Agenda is to make our Communities safer" he believes by us committing to this bill we will make Canada a much safer place.

Bills of this content have a hard time passing without help from the NDP , Liberals, or the Bloc Quebecois. even getting into the house of commons or senate they went through a ruff time getting the bill passed. This bill has a greater chance of passing because the NDP and Liberals are backing it and because it has already made it into the house of commons AND the senate.

-----After reading this story (http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/09/20/pol-omnibus-crime.html) i believe that we should pass this bill. I think it should go through the house of commons because it is a great idea and sounds well thought out to keep our streets crime free. Why would you not want to pay a little more to keep your kids and family a little safer. when i'm up at my chalet we know everyone and life in such a safe community that we don't even have to lock our doors to our cars or houses and i wish that we could trust each other and live in a world with no crime and any laws like this is maby just one way to get us a little closer to that