August 27, 2008

Law abiding Canadian families deserve the peace of mind that violent, dangerous and sexual offenders are prevented from committing further crimes.

That is why the Conservative Government has passed the Tackling Violent Crime Act which puts in place tough new rules that ensure that gun criminals, impaired drivers, and violent and sexual offenders serve tougher sentences for their crimes.

Earlier this week, the Conservative government took an additional step to protect families by introducing a new tool that will help authorities track dangerous criminals even after their time behind bars is complete.

Under this new program, violent and sexual offenders will be required to wear special electronic tracking bracelets which will broadcast their location to corrections officers and local police forces. Through this tool authorities can easily monitor where high-risk offenders at all times.

As a result, should a former convict, tamper with their bracelet, break a curfew, or engage in a high risk activity like going near a school, the local police will know about it so they can, if necessary, quickly intervene.

This is just the latest example of how the Conservative Government is putting the rights of victims and law abiding families ahead of criminals. For 13 years, Canadians had to cope with a Liberal Party crime policy that put a priority on the rights of offenders and refused to hold criminals accountable for their acts.

Even in Opposition, the Stéphane Dion Liberal Party have used every dirty trick in the book to delay and obstruct passage of the tough new sentences to keep gun criminals, sexual offenders and impaired drivers behind bar.

While Stéphane Dion and the Liberals remain out-of-touch with the real concerns of law-abiding families, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative Government will always do whatever it takes to keep Canadian families safe.