Pierre Poilievre is promising to establish minimum prison sentences for criminals convicted of extortion, including tougher punishments for people who use firearms to extort others or act on the behalf of gangs.Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would establish mandatory minimum sentences for extortionists, with harsher punishments for people who use firearms or act on behalf of gangs.
Poilievre promised that any convicted extortionist who acts on behalf of gangs or organized crime will face a minimum sentence of five years. CBC News reached out to Poilievre's office to ask about the one year difference but did not receive a response by publication time.over the death of a 14-year-old boy from Surrey. Police allege the boy was tricked into sending intimate images, then told to pay money or send more images to prevent the photos from being distributed more widely.Man charged in Nigeria over death of B.C.