Exclusive: Province to scrap secret G20 law

[shockedcanadian]

Great news for those interested in Democracy.

Full story here:

http://www.thestar.com/news/torontog20summit/article/981633--exclusive-province-to-scrap-secret-g20-law?bn=1


Ontario plans to scrap a “troubling” World War II-era law blamed for arrests, confusion and alleged civil rights abuses in policing the G20 summit last June, the Star has learned.

Community Safety and Corrections Minister Jim Bradley will announce the move Thursday after former attorney general and chief justice Roy McMurtry delivers his long-awaited report on the flawed 1939 Public Works Protection Act, a top government source said.

The broad arrest powers creates “potential for abuse (that is) beyond troubling,” McMurtry wrote in his 54-page effort, a copy of which was obtained by the Star.