the bill<\/a>. <\/p>\nDangerous driving<\/p>\n
The proposed changes would impose a lifetime driving ban for anyone convicted of dangerous driving causing death. <\/p>\n
The bill would also allow police to immediately suspend a driver\u2019s licence for 90 days and impound a vehicle if they have reason to believe a person is driving dangerously.<\/p>\n
Careless driving <\/p>\n
Police would be able to issue a seven-day roadside licence suspension for careless driving and a 30-day suspension for careless driving causing bodily harm or death. <\/p>\n
Those convicted of careless driving would face steeper fines of $1,000 to $5,000. That compares to current fines of $400 to $2,000. <\/p>\n
Distracted driving<\/p>\n
Those convicted of distracted driving while operating a commercial vehicle would face longer licence suspensions and steeper fines, ranging anywhere from $1,000 for a first offence to $6,000 for a third offence. <\/p>\n
Driving with a suspended license <\/p>\n
Those who drive with a with a suspended licence would also face increased fines and longer vehicle impoundment periods. A first offence would result in a 14-day impoundment and a fine of anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000. The impoundment period would increase to 30ndays for a second offence, and a fine of $5,000 to $15,000. A third offence would mean an impoundment period of 45 days and a fine of $10,000 to $20,000. <\/p>\n
Animal welfare <\/p>\n
The bill includes a number of provisions for animal welfare. It would restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats to \u201cspecified purposes,\u201d such as veterinary research.<\/p>\n
Penalties will also be increased for those who harm animals that work with peace officers, such as police dogs. <\/p>\n
The government also says that it will begin consultations late next year on banning \u201cmedically unnecessary procedures that harm dogs and cats.\u201d That would include procedures such as declawing and ear-cropping, the province says. <\/p>\n
Faster police record checks<\/p>\n
Under the bill, service standards would be developed to help reduce delays in processing police record checks that could affect employment or access to services.<\/p>\n
Investigative Genetic Genealogy testing<\/p>\n
Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) is a relatively new investigative technique that has been credited with heling to solve a number of cold cases recently. The province wants to establish IGG laboratory testing at Ontario\u2019s Centre of Forensic Sciences instead of having to turn to outside services to do the testing. <\/p>\n
Fees and penalties for criminals<\/p>\n
The government says it plans to establish a user fee system to charge convicts who are required to be monitored by GPS technology for the use of the devices. <\/p>\n
It also plans to explore suspending the driver\u2019s licences of those who default on bail debts, including sureties. <\/p>\n
Drug enforcement powers for transit constables<\/p>\n
Transit special constables could get drug enforcement authority under the bill, allowing them to direct people to stop using drugs or to leave the public space. They would be able to issue tickets or make arrests for non-compliance. The government says the aim is to reduce drug use on public transit. <\/p>\n
Changes to the Coroners Act<\/p>\n
The government says it wants to update the act \u201cin response to challenges within the system.\u201d As part of those changes it wants to prohibit \u201cunauthorized recording and broadcasting\u201d of coroner\u2019s inquests. <\/p>\n
The government says the change would bring the rules in line with those for the Courts of Justice and protect family privacy.<\/p>\n
Using dogs to search prisoners <\/p>\n
The bill proposes using canines to perform searches of inmates. The government says this will help prevent contraband from entering correctional facilities. <\/p>\n
Changing SIU Act to exclude ARWENs from firearm definition<\/p>\n
The bill changes the definition of \u201cfirearm\u201d under the Special Investigations Unit Act to exclude Anti-Riot Weapon Enfields (ARWENs), a less-lethal weapon used by officers in law enforcement. The change would mean that firing an ARWEN will not automatically trigger an external SIU investigation. The SIU would still invoke its mandate in cases involving a death or serious injury involving the use of an ARWEN. <\/p>\n
The province says the move will free up resources so the SIU can focus on critical incidents. <\/p>\n
Municipal fines for fire code violations<\/p>\n
Currently, the Fire Protection and Prevention Act is enforced through tickets, inspection orders and court proceedings. <\/p>\n
The bill would allow municipalities to implement administrative monetary penalties for Ontario Fire Code violations. The government says the move would encourage compliance and deal with violations more efficiently by not tying up the court system. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ford government unveiled a justice bill at Queen\u2019s Park Tuesday that includes tougher penalties for dangerous and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-307934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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