Liberals advised to ditch ‘tough on crime’ approach to justice system

By Cristin Schmitz ( March 29, 2018, 6:48 AM EDT) -- Canada’s criminal justice system needs a major cultural shift to broaden its focus from deciding guilt and meting out punishment to helping to rehabilitate and reintegrate people — especially the estimated 70 per cent of accused with mental health or substance abuse problems, the Liberal government has been told....