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Issue - Crime
	A Liberal government will work with municipalities, police and provinces and territories to develop responses to certain types of crime, such as hate crime, organized crime and gun crime Provide resources to the RCMP to set up a national Internet tip line to combat sexual exploitation of children on the Internet Create a new specific offence in the Criminal Code to better target and combat trafficking of humans Control the cost of the gun registry by capping the annual cost at $25 million per year Reduce compliance requirements for firearms owners and other irritants identified by firearms owners and related businesses Implement tougher sentencing for gun crimes and trafficking

	Create a national sex offender registry Classify anyone convicted of a third violent or sexual offence as a dangerous offender, which would allow them to be jailed indefinitely Eliminate the "faint hope" clause, which allows killers to seek parole after serving 15 years of a life sentence Eliminate loopholes for child pornography, such as exceptions for "public good" Require consecutive rather than concurrent prison sentences Ban conditional sentences, such as house arrest, for serious crimes Scrap the gun registry and divert the savings to hire 200 more Mounties and pay for a sex-offender registry

	Focus on eliminating poverty and investing in children at risk as root causes of crime Toughen up sentences, bail and release conditions for repeat violent offenders Develop a Victims' Bill of Rights Reinstate a national ports police to combat organized crime and smuggling Strengthen laws to combat organized crime and anti-gang laws, including better support for "megatrials" Support a national sex offender registry Ban the sale of assault rifles and automatic weapons Stengthen border controls and penalties for illegally importing guns into Canada Introduce a non-punitive rule-based approach to deal with adult marijuana use Launch a major anti-drug and anti-alcohol education program aimed at youth Expand the harm-reduction model for hard drugs, similar to injection sites used in Vancouver Ensure transparency and accountability in corporate accounting by bringing Canadian regulations in line with those in post-Enron America

	Allow more sentencing circles, house arrests and community service and civil suits for non-violent offenders Keep non-violent people who are employed under house arrest on parole or performing community service Increase funding for women's shelters Create a task force on sex trafficking Provide counseling for sex workers trying to leave the trade

	Allow more sentencing circles, house arrests and community service and civil suits for non-violent offenders Keep non-violent people who are employed under house arrest on parole or performing community service Decriminalize non-compliance with the national firearms registry and eliminate registration fees Legalize and tax marijuana production and consumption Recommend that provinces create safe injections clinics, needle exchange programs and access to "safe doses" for certified addicts Increase funding for women's shelters Create a task force on sex trafficking Provide counseling for sex workers trying to leave the trade

Issue - Crime