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Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, writes about Ontario\u2019s plan to expand the powers of transit special constables under the Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act. In this Law360 Canada opinion piece, she examines the civil liberties, public health and Charter concerns raised by granting transit enforcement officers broader powers of arrest, detention and property seizure in public transit spaces.<\/p>\n

Read the article ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harini Sivalingam, Director of the Equality Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, writes about Ontario\u2019s plan to expand the powers of transit special constables under the Restricting Public Consumption...","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-equality"},"yoast_head":"\nOp-Ed: Expanding Arrest Powers Won\u2019t Make Transit Safer - CCLA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While federal political parties resist any form of privacy protection, a new poll finds Canadians do not trust them to protect their data.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ccla.org\/fr\/legalite\/op-ed-expanding-arrest-powers-wont-make-transit-safer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Op-Ed: Expanding Arrest Powers Won\u2019t Make Transit Safer - 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