Stephen Harper says a re-elected Conservative government will reintroduce its “Life Means Life” legislation that died when Parliament dissolved due to the election call.

Speaking in Toronto’s Etobicoke-Centre riding, Harper said Canadians expect to be protected from the worst type of criminals.

The Conservative government originally introduced the legislation this spring.

It proposed amending the Criminal Code to imprison offenders convicted of the “most heinous murders” and high treason for the rest of their natural lives.

The Conservatives say the legislation would address murders involving sexual assault, kidnapping, terrorism, the killing of police officers or corrections offers.

Harper will be travelling through southern Ontario this afternoon.

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