Crime: Have you ever been a victim but declined to report?
- August 3, 2010 4:12 PM |
- By POV
By CBC News
Treasury Board President Stockwell Day says the government will go ahead with its plan to spend billions for new prisons, suggesting statistics that show crime is declining in Canada are not accurate.
During a news conference on Tuesday in Ottawa, Day said the government has received indications that more and more people are not reporting crimes committed against them.
When questioned by perplexed reporters, Day did not elaborate on what information source he was basing his claims, but said he would provide figures to them later.
Nearly 2.2 million crimes were reported to police in 2009, about 43,000 fewer than in 2008, according to a Statistics Canada report released in July.
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