Campbell's Gang Solution

Premier Campbell has come up with some concrete solutions to the gang violence plaguing the lower mainland of late. Among his ideas are some good measures that I support: building more jails, banning body and car armour, and hiring more police officers and prosecutors. Unfortunatly, Campbell and his government have done little regarding this issue for years and are now scrambling to look tough as the public watches gunplay in the malls and on their streets. Attorney General Wally Oppal has for years been insisting that BC's sentences are not lenient and the system is working. Why then is he now trekking off to Ottawa to demand tougher sentences? The NDP pointed out yesterday that many jails and courthouses have been closed by the Campbell government over the last 8 years, which makes it difficult to trust Premier Campbell's convictions when it comes to building the new jails he has promised. While I applaude the measures the provincial government is advocating, when I go to the polls in May, I'll be thinking too little, too late.