This Is The Strongest Evidence Of Two-Tier Justice In Canada
Canadian Courts Are Giving Lighter Sentences Based On Race & Immigration Status
People have been claiming lately that Canada has a two-tier justice system that treats certain people differently than others.
They’ll point to cases where immigrants are given lighter sentences to avoid deportation. Or judges who reduce punishments for Black or Indigenous offenders because of alleged systemic racism.
This past week, I spent time investigating Canada’s justice system: reading through court rulings, digging into media reports, and speaking with a prominent journalist who has a legal background and has tracked these trends for years.
What I found was shocking.
Because it’s not just bias from activist judges, though there are plenty of those, that has turned Canada’s justice system into a woke, two-tier affair. It’s that these double standards are baked into the system itself, thanks to precedent-setting rulings and politicians who've either looked the other way or actively abetted this.
And that is the strongest evidence of a two-tier justice system in Canada.
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