Conservatives pledge to appoint stricter judges as part of tough-on-crime campaign promises

The federal Conservatives plan to appoint judges who will take a harder line on sentencing if the party wins the federal election, a shift toward a more ideological approach to the courts.A tough-on-crime ethos is central to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign. Early this year, and again on the campaign trail in April, he promised the “biggest crackdown on crime in Canadian history.”