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Craig Jones, executive director of the John Howard Society, recently wrote a letter to the federal health minister as well as several public and population health leaders asking if anyone was preparing costs for the potential downstream impacts of the federal governments current 'tough on crime' agenda, including Bill C-15. Click here for a .pdf copy of this letter
"From the perspective of this community-based NGO, it looks like hard times ahead – particularly for the already marginalized and stigmatized. There is no indication that the federal government plans to enlarge the capacity of the voluntary sector to service the additional load, indeed all indicators point in the opposite direction. Nor does it appear that provincial governments are planning for the added caseload to their already overburdened social welfare systems. It looks, to me at least, like the federal government is preparing a perfect storm for provinces and communities absent some substantial transfer of resources"
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