No doubt, but the door is now open for the crown/police to push the limits of what might be considered "minor". The old saying of "give them an inch..." applies here. True, many motorists are boneheads, but the crown/police have repeatedly demonstrated that bullying citizens when it suits their (sometimes questionable) needs is wholly acceptable.
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Police are allowed to make minor changes to tickets after issuance - C of A ruling
- Thread starter GreyGhost
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No doubt, but the door is now open for the crown/police to push the limits of what might be considered "minor". The old saying of "give them an inch..." applies here. True, many motorists are boneheads, but the crown/police have repeatedly demonstrated that bullying citizens when it suits their (sometimes questionable) needs is wholly acceptable.
statsman
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As stated earlier, the appeal was initiated by York Region in order to get a definitive ruling regarding what is and is not acceptable in terms or amending tickets.
It sounds to me that you want a ruling that is "right" as opposed to what is "legal".
What's legal is more or less consistent with the law as it already exists.
What's right changes from person to person.
No, the persons convicted appealed ONCE. it was the Region of York, that brought it to the Court of Appeals, not the defendants.
If the crown or police "push" the limits, then that is another story, the defendant would have to as did these defendants, get a court ruling on those circumstances and test the limits. That is how the justice system, and the law evolves. Just as it used to be acceptable to stop a person for no apparent reason and demand they submit to a breath test. The limits were tested and the law evolved. That is how we came to have ride spot checks etc. Again, this was neither the crown nor the police who sought this ruling it was the Region of York.
statsman
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