ANOTHER: boatload _
of sileeal migrants

oO the | nso”
producing and
rain nations.
‘The ewa events made big;
st.week and strangely
cnough;: both are‘ conne
On: Moiiday ir i “the

“memo citing the. government
of. the People’s: Republic of:
China ‘essentially! blaming
our federal’ igovernment’s
polic the illegal

Fujian ‘province:
Accord eee the:doe

crime and

punishment’

"Us to uy and hold the lid on

“the boiling, pot of illegal .
migrants, while your refugee,
relfare and Jegal systems - +

continue to put more. kin--

dling on the fire.” “a,

In short, Canada’s laws
are foo soft on the criminal

rT he messige: inthe sec
ond story from the USS. is:
primarily the same: 4
‘Inthe U,S.-State
- Department report, doc
niented la: reck i in the:

Globe & Mail, the Americans
“complained that our judges
are soft on narcotics crime
and sentences are too light:

Not much ofa revelation
“to those Of us who pay;
attention ‘to the courts.

The, average sentence for
‘a street level drug trafficker?
* Jail? Hardly. A $200 or $300. ©
» fine'is the’ cast of doing ;
‘ business:

It’s sort of a licence’ fee
paid periodically 104 Lov
‘ernment itself rife. with cor:
ruption.

‘The report also spoke! of
the lack of Canadian rules in:
‘the banking industry which“)

‘facilitates the ‘money laun;

“dering so needed by the
organized crimé groups to
actually, be able ta us

all the.

afi
‘

: money ‘generated by their
- illegal activities.

Currently in Canada, only
transactions valued at over
$10,000 are rep ortahle by

othe banks.

“The crooks simply

employ mutes to do’ neahing.’

burt purchase stocks, bonds,
bills and finds in-amounts

= ‘Tess than the 10 grand limit.

Hit five or 10 different

: banks a day per mule.

well, you get the ‘idea,
The Americans also

nointed out that cutbacks i in
“the RCMP. have serious! ;

inhibited ‘the force’s ability.’

to combat drug trafficking,
This isa, no-brainer. The

Mounties have to go, cap. in ;

chand, every year to. the |
bureaucrats in Treasury. °

Board pleading their case for
the dosh needed to try, to

_keep pace in the fight.

With the current federal
tirplus exceeding $10 bil- 7

‘lion, there is simply no.
"excuse for the financial |

restrictions handeufting . the:
‘police forcing them to cut all
» Manner of services just.to.

mainiain frontline reactiv
policing.
The Glabe quoted a U. 5.

“DEA officer saying, “Canada...

is just one big sieve. Tonnes
of dope i

this will wake some people

“up, in Canada.”

“Since the possibility of.

the US. adding Canada to
«

the’ list of bad ny nations, a 1

is just flowing across. ae
~ the border-and something
needed ‘to be‘done. Maybe ©

: lurey of F diplomatic measur

has been unleashed by the?

Chretien governnient injan’

attempt to forestall the sanc-

tion. External Affairs