The Canadian Punitive Paradox: The Evolution of Conservative Political Marketing Practices and the Late Onset of Penal Populism in Canadian Federal Politics
Journal: TSpace
Year: 2023

At the height of the punitive turn that occurred among Western liberal democracies, Canadian federal politics stands out as exceptional for choosing not to embrace a ‘tough-on-crime’ agenda. Instead, penal populism emerged as a salient political marketing tool in Canadian federal politics much later — at a time when many of the failures associated with its outcomes were coming to light elsewhere. The latent emergence of penal populism in Canadian federal politics was atypical as it often surface