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4 years ago
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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/cana.....vMu?li=AAggXBV
Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why they're out or request their home address, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in a written statement on Saturday evening.
Instead, she said, police will only be able to stop people who they have reason to believe are participating in an "organized public event or social gathering."
As the number of people infected with COVID-19 in hospital reached record levels, Ford tweeted that another of the measures would also be reversed.
"Ontario’s enhanced restrictions were always intended to stop large gatherings where spread can happen," Ford said. "Our regulations will be amended to allow playgrounds, but gatherings outside will still be enforced."
So the Police now can only question on "suspicion" of going to a "social activity" with most police refusing to spend the resources at all (which could be overruled by the Ministry of the Attorney General).
It still makes for a scary time because we will still have profiling and "carding" depending on the local biases. We also have blocks at inter-provincial travel as well. I'm not near a provincial border though so this doesn't effect me.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro.....t-do-1.5991941
Glad to see there still is some legal recourse left in this province. Doug Ford has already shut down the OHRT and appeals tribunals for many things so at least this still works.
Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why they're out or request their home address, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in a written statement on Saturday evening.
Instead, she said, police will only be able to stop people who they have reason to believe are participating in an "organized public event or social gathering."
As the number of people infected with COVID-19 in hospital reached record levels, Ford tweeted that another of the measures would also be reversed.
"Ontario’s enhanced restrictions were always intended to stop large gatherings where spread can happen," Ford said. "Our regulations will be amended to allow playgrounds, but gatherings outside will still be enforced."
So the Police now can only question on "suspicion" of going to a "social activity" with most police refusing to spend the resources at all (which could be overruled by the Ministry of the Attorney General).
It still makes for a scary time because we will still have profiling and "carding" depending on the local biases. We also have blocks at inter-provincial travel as well. I'm not near a provincial border though so this doesn't effect me.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro.....t-do-1.5991941
Glad to see there still is some legal recourse left in this province. Doug Ford has already shut down the OHRT and appeals tribunals for many things so at least this still works.
Also who's Doug Ford?
He thinks he has the popularity of trump but no one likes him really.
It's like they literally get dumber and more aggressive the instant they take their positions of power, even if they're somehow elected "democratically."