Canada’s police are deadlier and less accountable, but budgets keep growing

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Canada’s police are deadlier and less accountable, but budgets keep growing ⋆ The Breach

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Desmond Cole and El Jones discuss the expansion of policing in Canada by governments that refuse to better fund social services

Canada’s police are becoming deadlier and less unaccountable, but are still getting more and more money.

El Jones and Desmond Cole explore why police violence, surveillance and budgets keep expanding, while basic services and supports are getting starved.

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