Marc Mauer Discusses "Race to Imitate" in Ottawa, Canada

May 04, 2008 (Ottawa Citizen, CBC Ottawa)

At the invitation of the Church Council on Justice and Corrections and the John Howard Society, The Sentencing Project's Executive Director Marc Mauer appeared in Ottawa, Canada to speak on the “Race to Imitate.” The Canadian government has been moving to adopt many of the “get tough” policies promoted in the U.S. in recent decades, leading Mauer to caution that such initiatives have been counterproductive in the U.S. Mauer was featured on CBC Ottawa's “Ontario Today” radio broadcast and a policy forum at St. Paul's University.

Series of stories in the Ottawa Citizen found here: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=831d3f95-2423-4a8f-bbcb-7f5d573f6e03&p=2

I guess we'll find out soon enough how the "tough on crime" arguments play out in a federal election in Canada. Tom