Why do we need new laws? Enforce the old ones.

CFP: Ontario: another step towards a police state by Arthur Weinreb , 10/09/07

First it was Caledonia. The OPP decided which Canadian and Ontario laws that they would enforce. After the Douglas Creek Estates were illegally “occupied” by aboriginals, the police did nothing to enforce the law. The OPP were accused of standing around and doing nothing while people, mainly the innocent residents of the town, became the victims of criminal acts.

This led to accusations of Ontario being subjected to a two-tiered system of justice.

Dalton McGuinty, scared to death of another Dudley George incident, defended the inaction on the part of the provincial police by saying that the government cannot tell the police what to do. Little Dalton, aka John Tory, echoed the statements of the premier. The politicians that should provide equal access to justice to all Ontarians, even those white people in Caledonia confused helplessness in the police refusing to enforce court orders and the law with directing police in their day to day operations. But hey, it’s no big deal.

When someone is charged under s. 172, the police officer has the power not only to suspend that person’s license on the spot but to seize and impound their vehicle for a period of up to seven days. There is no appeal from either the immediate suspension or the seizure of private property by a police officer.

The police now have absolute discretion to not only suspend the license of a driver and seize his or her car but to decide what driving maneuver constitutes “a stunt”.

Through the media, the police are openly bragging about how they have seized some rental cars under this legislation. The concept of private property doesn’t seem to mean much anymore in Ontario.

Not only are Ontarians subjected to trial by police constable, but the property rights of completely innocent people are totally ignored. Not only are we moving towards a police state but this legislation is scary in terms of any property rights that those who live or do business in Ontario have.

Section 172 is a perfect example of how we don’t need any new laws if we could effectively enforce the current ones, especially through meaningful sentences. It’s hard to believe that seizing a vehicle can deter actions that facing a life sentence can’t.

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