TAKING AN IRON FIST TO CRIME

Stephen Harper's government plans to crack down on crime. A few
highlights of what it plans to do:

- - Dump Liberal plans to decriminalize pot

- - Implement mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers

- - Eliminate house arrest for violent or repeat offenders

- - Remove provisions that allow freedom from prison after two-thirds of
a sentence

- - Kill the gun registry

- - Implement zero-tolerance policy for child pornography

- - Introduce more comprehensive DNA bank for convicted sex
offenders

- - Raise age of consent from 14 to 16