1 ) You can send people back to their Province of origin.....VPD had the con air thing going. Lots of people found in BC on non-returnable warrants. So VPD returned them at their expense. Seemed to work.....not sure if the funding ran out or it became old hat and isn't being reported on anymore.
2 ) I'd say going back to prison farms is exactly the way to go. BBB, I don't know if you remember the Oakalla Prison Farm, it's mostly fancy homes and condos nowadays. That farm produced enough food for Oakalla, plus most of the other Provincial prisons. They had some prize Clydes that were handed over to Fort Langley. They had cattle that usually placed in the top three at the PNE, hogs, chickens.....you name it. They cranked out all the licence plates for BC, NWT, Yukon........they made money with them, now it costs us. They made all the clothing for the Provincial inmates, and the boots and shoes. In fact I ran into a guy a couple years ago when I took some boots in to be repaired. Former Oakalla inmate....took what he learned in prison and made a living out of it. Yup......it might cost you a dime to go back to the Prison farm system, but it'll save you a quarter in the long run......provided you don't let the unions fuck it up, like they did with Oakalla. "Should be union labour making licence plates, not convicts."
