Opinion

The Ontario ombudsman's G20 report confirms the denial of our civil liberties

Liberty Lost (G20, Toronto). Photo montage by Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge.

Vindication.

That's what the Ontario ombudsman's Andre Marin's report sounds like to me.

As a peaceful protester during the G20 demonstrations, I saw and experienced Toronto as a police state where the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms no longer applied. While the mainstream media couldn't tear the cameras away from burning cruisers, police officers were conducting illegal searches, used excessive force and the provincial government quietly withdrew our rights.

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