Perhaps the strangest logic I have heard from left wing activists in Canada is that tough sentencing of drug dealers doesn't work. Somehow, they claim that mandatory minimum sentences for serious drug dealers will undermine our judges ability to hand down appropriate sentences.

Most of us know that the drive-by and targeted killings we read about, particularly in the lower mainland, are drug related. We also know that our children are inundated with the opportunity to "try" these killer substances. Yet, our vocal activist would have us believe that the home "grow ops" are not really dangerous. These "grow ops" are just simple small time mortgage payment helpers.

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