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Publication Date: May 4, 2026 - 18:30
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Ottawa Now - Could Ontario's special constable enforcement alterations clash with the Charter?
May 4, 2026
The Ford government is giving special constables more powers to crack down on transit drug use. Under this new legislation, transit police will be able to fine and arrest people who are caught red-handed. Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says these situations can be dangerous, especially in the dead of night with nobody around. He maintains this is all about preserving public safety and keeping communities safe. However, critics are not easily convinced. Harini Sivalingam, the Director of Equality for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, says these legislation changes are concerning on a Charter level. She questions their overall effectiveness on today’s Ottawa Now.
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OTTAWA — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has one message for the youth of this country: you will run into obstacles. “No matter where you’re trying to go, you are going to be stopped, and you are going to think you have failed,” Hansen told an audience at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday. “And that’s when the people you’ve told (about your goals) are going to help pick you up and remind you that there is a path through that you can create a solution,” the astronaut said, adding that his one word coming out of his experience in space is “persistence.” On April 10, the...
May 13, 2026 - 16:54 | Jordan Gowling | National Post
Police have released the identities of the three homicide victims as LouWanda Elliot, 49, Mackayla, 17, and Nikita, 15. They were found at a residence in Brockville on May 7.
May 13, 2026 - 16:37 | Rachel Morgan | Global News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Liberal MPs and former cabinet ministers Jonathan Wilkinson and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith are expected to resign their federal seats in the coming weeks, bringing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to the majority threshold of 172 seats. With such a razor-thin majority and contentious decisions on the horizon, can Carney afford to lose other MPs such as former environment minister Steven Guilbeault? A well-connected Liberal source told National Post that Guilbeault had not yet made up his mind on his political future, and is giving himself time to see how things play out...
May 13, 2026 - 16:37 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
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