Glover's stance on Li shameful
Brandon Sun, The (Manitoba, Canada)Feb 28, 2015
"It's only a tiny minority that have anything to do with the Tucsons and Virginia Techs; those are really exceptional type of situations. There's a dozen homicides every day, and very few of them are committed by people with mental illness." Dr. If it were up to Conservative MP As reported by the The same board also suggested that Li should eventually be moved to a high-security group home in Li killed One year ago, Glover demanded that the "Our government stands firmly by our legislative changes through the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act and points out that this is exactly why we made them," Glover was quoted as saying. "Our government has worked hard to ensure that those who break the law are held accountable for their actions; that penalties match the severity of crimes committed; and that the rights of victims come before the rights of criminals. It is unacceptable that dangerous and violent offenders are released into our communities, when they pose a threat to society. We made changes to the Not Criminally Responsible Act to ensure that dangerous offenders at risk of re-offending are kept behind bars, where they belong." As the The law also allows to extend the length of time between review board hearings from one year to up to three, and can deny unescorted passes to the person. Victims of the person must also be informed when the NCR person is released and their living arrangements. But Li is not subject to this new legislation, and that fact is no doubt drawing Glover's ire. It would be altogether too kind to suggest that Glover doesn't understand mental illness, and is unaware of the harm she and her government are doing to people suffering from schizophrenia and other mental disorders. For a federal cabinet minister and It's callous, and betrays a blatant pandering to victims and ideology above reason and fairness. It plays into the cynical belief that playing to the crowd will get you re-elected. But that does nothing for the mentally ill, who are also victims in their own right. People with mental illnesses already face enough hardships as they battle their conditions and largely uninformed public perception. For a minister to further fuel negative perceptions of the mentally ill is irresponsible. What she has done is shameful.