Dernière chance pour les pit bulls de l'Ontario

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Be there. Take a vacation day and be there. Take a plane, a train, a bus, bicycle, walk, however, just be there. This hearing is extremely important. This is our last shot at the Ontario legal challenge of the Fiberals' amendments to the Ontario Dog Owners' Liability Act (DOLA) - the culmination of several years of blood, sweat and tears.

As I understand it, the arguments will be about how to implement the judge's decision on the challenge of DOLA. The judge must decide the best course of action now that the law has been substantially eroded.

Be there. Let the Ontario Liberals know that you will not accept the erosion of Canadian charter rights, the legislated second-class citizenship of law-abiding people, and the extermination of unoffending dogs.

Date: Thursday, June 28, 2007
Place: To be confirmed - either 361 or 393 University Avenue, Toronto
Time: 10:00 am
Once the room number has been confirmed, there will be a further post.

Lien pour DOLA: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/dola-pubsfty/dola-pubsfty.asp

Un peu d'historique...

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On Monday, August 29th Clayton Ruby, acting on behalf of Catherine Cochrane, filed a notice of application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to challenge the enactment of a ban on pit bull type dogs in Ontario.

This challenge is based on the vagueness and overbreadth of the Revised Dog Owner's Liability Act. During the press conference Mr. Ruby explained why the constitution applies.

"Governments are entitled to enact, generally speaking, overbroad legislation, vague legislation, legislation that is counter to all the scientific evidence," said Mr. Ruby. "They can do these things. But the Charter of Rights says, if you're going to imprison citizens as a result, then you can't do those things. This is what the government has done with this legislation. For the first time imprisonment of up to 6 months is a punishment and that means the Charter operates. That means that people have rights. We're going to enforce those rights."

De la façon que je le comprends, c'est que le mot "pit bull" est trop large... ce n'est pas une race reconnue, donc pas de standard pour la définir et pas de papier pour identifier les chiens... donc, terme trop vague et pas applicable au sens de la loi. Par contre, rien ne sera changé pour les amstaffs et les staffies qui sont deux races reconnues par le CCC, donc les chiens ont des papiers pour prouver qu'ils sont bel et bien de cette race.