Tag: police budget

  • Open for Business or Armed for Business?

    Open for Business or Armed for Business?

    Premier Doug Ford’s proposal to legalize pepper spray and empower private security is a “Mad Max” admission of policy failure. Instead of fixing a broken justice system or addressing bail reform, the government is outsourcing public safety to $18-an-hour guards. We need data-driven policing, not mall-level “Delta Force” fantasies.