Conservative "Justice" Policy - Part Deux

Let the ten year olds suffer the courts, says Vic Toews.

Jeepers, what kind of neanderthal thinking is that?

I just cannot believe these people - Toews is talking about the courts "ordering" appropriate treatment?

The courts should have that jurisdiction so they "can order appropriate treatment," he told reporters at the Canadian Bar Association conference in St. John's.

The change would not necessarily mean charges would be laid, but the courts need some mechanism to intervene in cases where young children act in a criminal way, such as becoming involved with gangs and drugs, he said.

Perhaps I'm just being thick, but it seems to me that this is the classic "conservative" BS routine about "consequences", which completely misses the point where youth are concerned.