The Cornwall Police Service has joined many others across the province in supporting an amendment to the current laws that require officers to be paid while…
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Calling Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath’s social media comments on the death of a Toronto woman a “lie,” the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is demanding an apology.
“An intentional fact-absent statement is known as a lie,” tweeted Jeff McGuire, OACP executive director and former Niagara Regional Police chief.
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“Work being done to improve the safety of all communities is badly eroded by your flame-fanning comments. You owe an apology and you need to correct your statement.”
It’s yet another example of the need for new laws requiring gas prepayment, industry advocates say.
“The safety of the customers and employees is first and foremost,” said Dave Bryans of the Ontario Convenience Store Association, which represents more than 6,000 stores and gas stations provincewide. “One death is one death too many over gas purchasing.”
Bryans said his association has been lobbying for a prepayment law since at least 2012 after two gas station employees were killed. Since then, Bryans said his association has garnered the support of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and many other police departments for gas prepayment, already law in British Columbia and Alberta.