On Monday Canada’s recently elected conservative government has passed a controversial new omnibus crime bill; the new law consists of nine separate bills and includes contentious provisions like mandatory sentences for drug crimes and offenses against children; more specifically the law requires mandatory jail terms for anyone who grows six or more marijuana plants; the bill also reduces the use of conditional sentences like house arrest, provides harsher penalties on young offenders, makes it more difficult to get a pardon, and allows victims of terrorism to sue individuals, organizations and foreign states for losses or damages; the bill has been sharply opposed by many provincial governments who will have to pay to house more inmates in their jails