"Toronto isn't Detroit"

Toronto's gun-related homicides almost doubled last year with 52 shooting deaths. With a national election coming up, many Canadian politicians are blaming the United States as a bad influence on Canadian cities.

"Canadians deserve safe streets. Toronto isn't Detroit," Prime Minister Paul Martin was later quoted as saying. "Vancouver isn't South Central Los Angeles. We are not going to allow our cities to fall into mindless violence."

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