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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-12-08, Page 30PAGE 6A--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977 Jack's Jottings from In recent years farmers have been exhibiting a growing concern for property rights for the owners of private land. This concern prompted a bill to be in- troduced in the Legislature by Robert Eaton (PC - Middlesex), to deal with petty trespassing. An act to amend the Petty Trespass Act was given approval in principal in the Legislature this week and will now go to Committee where any amendments to the Bill can be made. The purpose of the Bill is to remove -requirements from the Act that land be enclosed or that land must be posted before one can be considered a trespasser. It places the onus on persons to ask per- mission to enter another person's land and increases the maximum fine to $1,000 from the present $100. It removes liability from a property owner for trespassers unless deliberate intent to do harrn to the trespasser is involved. It is gratifying to know that some of our curiously archaic laws are being amended. As the situation is now, the provinces rural community is virtually powerless to stop trespassers. All farmers have horror stories of trespassers making free with their property. Domestic ducks and geese are shot. Cattle and other livestock are wounded or killed, fences are cut. Gates are left open and garbage is strewn around fields including bottles which play havoc with the tires of the farm vehicles passing over the land. Ombudsman, including the right to enter offices to examine documents. He would have his own research staff, and the right to order hearings by the, review board if there is evidence of When the Act was drafted, no doubt most of Ontario was unoccupied land and an important source of food supply. Now virtually all the province is under ownership and the forest is no longer a source of food, yet this out- dated law still dominates rural areas of Ontario. I'm a'}ittle surprised that a Private Member's Bill had to be introduced to amend the Act. As far back as December 1976, I wrote a letter and ' directed it to the Attorney General's office asking that the Act be brought under review and amended. The letter and material for- warded eventually ended up in the hands of Counsel, Policy Development Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General, who ad- vised that an intensive examination of the law and issues related to, both the liability of occupiers of land to entrance onto their premises and the rights of occupiers against trespassers is underway in the Ministry. He was hoping that some relevant legal reform will result. I do not know why the Attorney General did not introduce any amendments to the Act and why he waited for a Private Member's bill to be introduced. Nevertheless, the amen- dments to the Petty Trespass Act are supportable, although some of the anglers and hunters feel that the clause which would require that every person who unlawfully enters or in any other way trespasses upon another person's land must obtain written permission, is unduly I harsh. particularly, in the northern part of the Province where boundaries are oh- scure and where the owners of such property cannot be located. This concern will be examined at the Committee stage. I have supported the bill and I feel the time is long since passed when rural Ontario should provide a playground for the Province. An independent com- missioner and review hoard will he established to hear citizen complaints against policemen. The new seven - member Citizens' Complaints and Police Discipline Review Board would he appointed for a three-year term, and would have power to dismiss, demote, fine or reprimand police, The commissioner would have over-all responsibility for handling complaints against local police forces and the Ontario Provincial Police, although policy forces would carry out initial in- vestigations. If a citizen is not satisfied, or the charge is 'serious, the commissioner would continue the in- vestigation. His powers would be comparable to those of the misconduct or unsatisfactory performance by police. The Provincial Ombud- sman has expressed the view that his office's operations in Northern Ontario will have to be terminated because the ueen's Park Legislature's Board of Internal Economy has slashed his request for $1.1 million in supplementary financing back to $600,000. "I really feel we have been emasculated by this," he said. "We'll almost have to close up shop, except to carry period from July 1976 to on the office and do work March, 1977. around Toronto." Under amendments to the The area from Parry Sound Highway Traffic Act, the north produced just under 30 Ontario Government will give per cent of the 4,989 cases police the power to confiscate brought to completion by the radar warning devices, called 404"– BY JACK RIDDELL, M.P.P. manufacturer. The bill will allow police to seize the devices from cars, although it will not make their possession illegal if they are not in a vehicle. 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