Comment Re:Less protection for free speech? (Score 1) 383
I'm starting to see a slippery slope of citizen's rights being ignored in Canada. Look at the number of peaceful protesters at the G20 meeting in Toronto this summer that were arrested without cause.
Some were held for a day without being told why. All the police had to do is walk up to them and ask for ID. By law if you are walking in a public place you don't need to produce identification, but for some strange reason the week of the G20 meeting in downtown Toronto you did. If not, off you went to a holding area with no further explanation.
There are at least two class action lawsuits underway against the police and various levels of government over the treatment.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/02/g20-class-action-lawsuit.html
Some were held for a day without being told why. All the police had to do is walk up to them and ask for ID. By law if you are walking in a public place you don't need to produce identification, but for some strange reason the week of the G20 meeting in downtown Toronto you did. If not, off you went to a holding area with no further explanation.
There are at least two class action lawsuits underway against the police and various levels of government over the treatment.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/02/g20-class-action-lawsuit.html