Protecting you and your family

One of the toughest challenges facing Canadian cities is crime.

Every family deserves the right to feel safe in their community. And Greg Selinger and your NDP are working to tackle violent crime head-on with commonsense solutions that will crack down on criminals and give young people alternatives to crime.

That’s why we’re funding over 260 police officers and working with municipal officials to train police cadets. We’ve hired 58 new prosecutors and plan to hire 43 more by 2016. We’re funding the creation of a Warrant Squad to track down fugitives. We’ve also shut down more than 500 drug dens and prostitution houses.

We all have a part to play if we’re going to deal with crime. With a strong balance of police, consequences and prevention, we’re working to make our streets safer for families like yours.

Hugh McFadyen just doesn’t get it.

Instead of proposing solutions to deal with crime, Hugh McFadyen is running attack ads that blame everyone except the criminals. Recently, PC candidates for election in Winnipeg dressed up as jailbirds in a political stunt. Crime is no laughing matter.

Tackling crime requires cooperation. For years, McFadyen has refused to be a part of the solution. And he won’t acknowledge that the federal government has a role in making laws tougher.

When it comes to taking on crime, Hugh McFadyen is more interested in political games than finding solutions.

Let’s keep working together to fight crime and protect families.

With smart, practical solutions, Greg Selinger and your NDP are:

• Pushing politicians in Ottawa to create tougher laws that will see mandatory sentences for knife crimes, home invasions and car-jackings, and changing the Youth Criminal Justice Act to better deal with out of control youth;
• Putting even more police officers on our streets and hiring more prosecutors to deal with criminals faster;
• Getting young people who are too young to be charged back on track through the successful province-wide Turnabout program;
• Creating the 71st “Lighthouse”, a program to keep kids off the streets and give them a safe place to go;
• Expanding the School Resource Officer Program to more high schools, elementary and junior-high schools;
• Investing in local recreation facilities and community centres to give kids more alternatives; and
• Adding 442 more beds to prisons – building on the 520 we’ve already added.

Together, we can keep Manitoba on track and moving forward. Let’s keep building. Don’t turn back.