Conservatives Demand Criminal Code Overhaul to End 'Candy Sentences' for Immigrant Criminals

Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner fired her sharpest broadside yet at the Liberal government's criminal justice system on Tuesday, demanding an immediate amendment to the Criminal Code to prevent judges from using immigration status as a mitigating factor when handing down sentences. The veteran Conservative MP held a press conference in Ottawa where she called the practice of reducing sentences to shield non-citizens from deportation proceedings...