It's not surprising to see higher rates of youth homicide in recent years, she believes, given the cuts to social programs instituted in the '90s by the Harris government.Wait a sec... Mike Harris has magical powers that turn otherwise compassionate, intelligent human beings into homicidal maniacs?
"These are, as many people would argue, the children of the so-called Common Sense Revolution," she said, referring to the political platform devised by the Ontario Conservatives in 1995.
Seriously?
'Cos, to be honest... I haven't actually seen any evidence of that around here.
See... I'm thinkin' it's more like "the children of the proverbial single welfare mom"... but I guess we're not allowed to talk about that.