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Ontario Ombudsman to probe controversial G20 ‘five-metre rule’

Friday, July 9th, 2010

July 9, 2010
… a change to the Public Works Protection Act made behind closed doors by Premier Dalton McGuinty’s cabinet applied only to the inside of the security fence, which stretched around a large section of the city’s core. The Act, which dates back to 1939, governs most public space in Ontario and is applied every day in courthouses and other designated public areas. The chief of police had originally said there was a five-metre zone around the security barrier where police could ask people to produce identification, explain why they were there and allow officers to search their bags… but the police force and provincial government made little effort to correct the record.

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