CALGARY, AB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is pleased to announce the appointment of Franco Terrazzano as its new Federal Director.
âFranco is smart, articulate and, most importantly, absolutely dedicated to standing up for taxpayers,â said Todd MacKay, the CTFâs Vice President of Communications. âDuring his time as Alberta Director, he made politicians feel the heat when they wasted taxpayersâ money and weâre confident heâll do the same thing in Ottawa.â
Franco is replacing Aaron Wudrick, who held the Federal Director position since 2014. Franco has been the CTFâs Alberta Director since 2018 and will be making his way to Ottawa this summer. Franco will temporarily serve as both the Federal and Alberta Director.
Ontario Pandemic Stay-at-Home Order Clashes With Charter Rights: Lawyers
After pushback from police and civil liberties advocates over extending police powers to enforce enhanced COVID-19 measures, the Ontario government walked back some of its new guidelines.
However, there are still constitutional issues with the current policy, says Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation.
“A police officer now must have ‘reason to suspect’ an individual may be participating in a gathering, and that it is ‘in the public interest’ to question them,” Baron said in an interview.
“This raises the spectre of the right to silence (Section 7 of the Charter) and the right against self-incrimination (Section 13). Both ‘reasonable suspicion’ and ‘public interest’ are extremely broad, subjective categories, and the law essentially imposes an onus to disclose your purpose for being out.”
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COVID-19 alarm bells sounded across the country Saturday, with Alberta confirming Canada s second rare blood clot case in a patient who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and two long-standing infection hot spots registering concerning new peaks in virus-related hospitalizations.
A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen with injection supplies at a clinic in Winnipeg, Friday, March 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
COVID-19 alarm bells sounded across the country Saturday, with Alberta confirming Canada s second rare blood clot case in a patient who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and two long-standing infection hot spots registering concerning new peaks in virus-related hospitalizations.
By Colin Perkel
TORONTO Furious criticism of new anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why they’re not home prompted the provincial government on Saturday to reconsider the measures.
As the number of infected people in hospital reached record levels, Premier Doug Ford tweeted that the measures, which also included shutting down all outdoor recreational facilities and playgrounds, would be clarified.
“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.”
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The logos of the Owen Sound, Hanover, Saugeen Shores and West Grey Police Services.
Municipal police services in Bruce and Grey counties are taking similar approaches to several others in the province and say they will not be conducting random stops of individuals or vehicles for the sole purpose of enforcing the stay-at-home order.
On Friday, Ontario’s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones detailed temporary enhanced police enforcement powers that will continue for the duration of the stay-at-home order. It is in effect until at least May 20.
The new enforcement authority granted by the Ontario government allows police officers to stop individuals, to ask people their purpose for not being home and to provide their home address. Police can also pull over vehicles for the sole purpose of obtaining this information from people.