OTTAWA, Apr 21 (Lifesitenews.com) – On the recommendation of Canada’s police chiefs, the Canadian government is contemplating decriminalizing the possession of small quantities of illegal drugs including heroin. According to the National Post, the government may announce next week a proposal which would allow “anyone convicted of simple possession of narcotics [to] simply sign a guilty statement and pay a fine, without having to go through the court system. They would not have a criminal record.”
Insiders say that the reason for the suggestion relates to the incredible difficulty police incur attempting to prosecute drug charges in the courts. Julian Fantino, chief of the York Region police told the Post:“We diligently put these cases forward but in places like Vancouver, for example, it is a terrible problem just trying to get any kind of conviction for these issues using the courts.” The BC court system, which gives the impression of being on the cutting edge of controversial social reform, have also been notorious for failing to convict pedophiles. It was a BC Supreme Court justice who struck down the law against possession of child pornography.