In the name of enhanced public safety, the Conservative government was 'creating fear of others, even in our relatively safe society, became a central theme, even with year-after-year reductions in reported crime,' says Howard Sapers, Canada’s Correctional Investigator.
The new Canadian role in the anti-ISIS coalition actually takes its roots from a decision taken 16 months ago when Justin Trudeau decided he could not align himself with Stephen Harper.
The Stephen Harper campaign has begun to use what are referred to by some political watchers as "sleaze ads" and is defending an ad campaign targeted at Chinese and Punjabi-speaking voters in Vancouver and Toronto that claims Justin Trudeau supports the sale of marijuana to children, the expansion of safe injection sites and the establishment of neighbourhood brothels.