Canadian PM Stephen Harper's government wants to spend billions on prisons for imaginary criminals

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from the Toronto Star:



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* Why is his government replacing Canada’s mandatory detailed census form with a voluntary survey that will cost taxpayers $30 million more and provide lower-quality information to hundreds of thousands of users? Does he share Industry Minister Tony Clement’s view that Canadians who want statistically accurate data can gather it themselves?
* Why is it embarking on a review of Ottawa’s 24-year-old commitment to boost minority participation in the public service, after one aggrieved Caucasian job applicant complained to the local media?
* Why is it spending billions on new prison facilities, when the police reported crime dropped by 3 per cent last year and it now stands at a 25-year low? Does he share Treasury Board Stockwell Day’s view that “people simply aren’t reporting (crime) the way they used to?”
* Why did it award a $9 billion contract for 65 new fighter jets (with a $7 billion to $8 billion maintenance contract to follow) without a competitive bidding process? ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/article/845338--pm-has-some-explaining-to-do