Ottawa

Disloyal Opposition

Gilles Duceppe continues to kick ass in Canadian politics. If the other guys were half as energized about this and a fifth as eloquent, we’d have ourselves an election.

“It’s an extreme policy to leave children in prison at age 14 and possibly for life,”’ Duceppe said, pointing out that under Harper’s plan young offenders would be in the regular adult prison population.
“It is the university of crime,” he said. “That’s a great diploma.

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