This is a page from the 2019 Canadian general election.
Gangs
Liberal
- Invest an additional $50m each year for five years in dedicated funding to help municipalities meet the needs of communities at risk.
- Work to expand successful diversion programmes to keep at-risk youth out of the criminal justice system.
Conservative
- End automatic bail for gang members awaiting trial and revoke parole for those who associate with their former gang following release.
- Identify known gangs as criminal entities.
- Bring in tougher sentences including 5-year mandatory prison sentence for violent gang crime.
NDP
Ensure communities have access to funding for anti-gang projects to deter at-risk youth from joining gangs.