680 NewsRadio has realized that Ontario Liberal Chief Bonnie Crombie will pledge to fund the police in a speech on Thursday to the Police Affiliation of Ontario (PAO).
Crombie additionally takes intention at Premier Doug Ford’s report on violent crime within the tackle, which seems to attempt to body her as a regulation and order candidate.
“I am going to fund the police. We need to fund our police,” Crombie’s speech is predicted to learn.
The provincial Liberal chief is making her stance clear on a difficulty with which Premier Ford has focused different politicians.
Within the lead-up to the final Toronto mayoral race in March 2023, Premier Ford stated, “They’re sitting councillors who voted to defund the police. The people who voted for defunding the police don’t vote for them, simple as that. We can’t have anarchy in our cities.”
Crombie additionally makes use of her speech to go after Ford’s report on crime.
“We know people worry that bail conditions are too weak and our courts are too backed up to keep criminals off our streets. These failures may not have started with the current Conservative government. But they have become much, much worse because of this government’s indifference and neglect.”
Premier Ford and his ministers have repeatedly referred to as on the federal authorities to make bail-related modifications, together with eliminating bail for sure offences and implementing a “three-strike rule” for repeat offenders.
“Premier Ford is quick to point a finger and blame others,” says Crombie. “However the actuality is that on his watch, violent crime is the worst it’s been in almost twenty years.
“We need to keep violent, repeat offenders off our streets by advocating for stricter bail reform,” she provides.
Conservative strategists have been fast to criticize the Crombie speech.
“All of this is on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, not Doug Ford; Bonnie Crombie should know that,” says Laryssa Waler, founding father of Henley Methods.
“She should be more focused on asking her Federal Liberal cousins for real action to keep our communities safe.”
