Alberta calls for legalized pepper spray, mandatory minimums

Alberta’s Minister of Justice Kaycee Madu wants Trudeau to pass the pepper.

In a letter to his federal counterparts, Madu didn’t mince words. At risk Canadians should be able to defend themselves with pepper spray – which is currently outlawed in the Criminal Code.

My letter to the federal ministers on hate-motivated crimes.

Albertans need to be able to defend themselves. Vulnerable people should be able to feel safe by carrying pepper spray.

And those found guilty need to spend more than 35 days in jail.

We urge them to take action. pic.twitter.com/y4EnP2heq4

— Kaycee Madu (@KayceeMaduYEG) July 21, 2021

“I am writing to express my profound concern about recent crimes that appear to be motivated by hate and racism,” Madu wrote in an attempt to speak the language of the feds.

“I suggest consideration be given to allowing individuals, including vulnerable persons, to carry capsaicin spray, for self-defence. As you are aware, pepper pray is currently a prohibited weapon. It is sadly ironic that a vulnerable person carrying pepper spray for self-defence could quite possibly receive a longer sentence than her attacker.”

The tough-on-crime Alberta minister doubled down, asking the federal government to institute mandatory minimum sentencing for hate-motivated crimes.

After calling for a crackdown on “hate-motivated crime,” Madu specified that we wants the focus to be on “hate, and bias-motivated assault.” This may have been to avoid the slippery slope of the Trudeau government’s broadening and flimsy definition of hate speech, which is also a hate crime under the criminal code.

“I urge you to establish strong mandatory minimum sentences,” he said.

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