Premier Wab Kinew defended incendiary remarks he made Monday supporting punishments outside the justice system for those who access or possess child pornography.

“You’ve got to find a way to communicate that makes people pay attention,” he told reporters Tuesday.

A day earlier, the premier was asked to respond to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that rejected mandatory one-year minimum sentences for possessing child pornography.

Kinew said not only should those offenders serve jail time, “they should bury you under the prison.”

“You shouldn’t get protective custody. They should put you into (prison) general population, if you know what I mean. Skinners — this is the worst,” he said, using a prison term for pedophiles and sex offenders.

Later, during question period Monday at the legis

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