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TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) – Member of Provincial Parliament Rick Nicholls believes that a bill being considered in the Ontario Parliament could lead to undemocratic activity and the seizure of personal property without a warrant.
During the question period on April 4, Nicholls challenged Bill 100: Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act, which has so far gone through its second reading, opining that the intended scope of the bill could be used in ways that severely hamper the civil liberties of Ontarians.
The intention of the bill, according to the letter of the law, is to avoid any blockades of borders or critical infrastructure in the future by way of things like the Freedom Convoy protests that took place in February.
Bill 100 would allow for a number of things to be done to those found transgressing the bounds of the legislation, including arrest without warrant, surrender and suspension of driver’s licence and more.
The activities prohibited in the bill are not clearly defined; for example, “disrupting ordinary economic activity” is prohibited.
Nicholls said that although it may be “noble to prevent trucks
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