Police oversight in Ontario: hoping against all odds

One can only hope that the ongoing Independent Police Oversight Review that has been commissioned by Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General is not going to become just another shelf report like so many other government reports have in the past.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, pictured in this file photo. The Police Services Act of Ontario needs to be amended now to ensure that there is absolutely no ambiguity as to when the SIU should be required to investigate, writes Darryl Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DARRYL T. DAVIES

December 12, 2016

OTTAWA—One can only hope that the ongoing Independent Police Oversight Review that has been commissioned by Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General is not going to become just another shelf report like so many other government reports have in the past. Led by Justice Michael H. Tulloch, the r...

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