Manitoba premier says people with child porn should be buried under prisons

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is joining other premiers in denouncing a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on child pornography.

The high court last week ruled the one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional.

Conservative politicians such as Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have demanded Ottawa overrule the decision with the notwithstanding clause.

Kinew, a New Democrat, says he stands with Smith, Ford and others, and feels the court ruling does not make sense to the average person.

He says offenders should not only go to prison but should be denied protective custody and be buried under the prison.

In a 5-4 decision, the top court said the minimum sentences remove