Chapter 8 – Crime and Criminal Law

Unit 3 – Criminal Law

The G20

Learning Goal for Today

• By the end of the lesson(s), students will understand the Charter and criminal law issues raised by the G20

Expectations

• By the end of this lesson, students will:…explain the processes of police investigation,

arrest, search, and interrogation of suspects…

Agenda

• G20 lecture

• Fifth estate, G20

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G20 Summit

• G20 leaders met in Toronto on June 26th & 27th 2010

• Their stated goals were to discuss next steps governments should take to ensure a full return to growth with quality jobs, to reform and strengthen financial systems, and to create strong, sustainable and balanced global growth.

G20 Summit

• The question has been raised about whether civil liberties were compromised during the G20

• A more troubling question is whether civil liberties were compromised permanently if G20 infringements are not identified and responded to... what is to stop them from happening again?

G20 Summit

• An area bound by Yonge Street, Spadina Street, Queens Quay and King Street was designated as a security perimeter

• A smaller area around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the site of the meeting, was fenced in

• The security fence started going up June 7th

• Toronto Police and the RCMP announced the security details of the summit

G20 Summit

G20 Summit - Issues• Public Works Protection Act– creating island of non-constitutionality within the

downtown security fence by designating it a public works

– gives police the right to stop people, demand their name, address and an explanation of their purpose in being there, search them & their vehicles without probable cause

– People refusing could be arrested– Police were incorrectly extending this zone out 5

metres from the security fence – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kZwps4CPwc

Fifth Estate - G20 – You Should Have Stayed at Home

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/content/2011/02/you-should-have-stayed-at-home.html

A Protestor’s Perspective

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwXOKZh4Os&feature=channel

In Defence of the Police

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12jgapekoo&feature=channel