Statistics Canada

Dept: The latest study, released by Statistics Canada on Thursday, found that 93 per cent of those surveyed in 2009 said they were satisfied with their personal safety from crime. According to Statscan, that s about the same proportion of people who said they felt safe five years earlier, before the Conservatives came into power, according to Globe and Mail. That number is really not surprising to me, he said. Crime rates are down, people feel safe in their homes, and yet we ve got a government spending all this time and effort to essentially make things worse. But with MPs poised to debate the bill for the last time on Friday, the Conservatives continue to be dogged by evidence that Canadians feel safe and that most police-reported crimes in the country are on the decline. Jack Harris, the NDP justice critic, said the study is evidence many of the crime bill s provisions aren t necessary. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.