11-28-2018, 04:57 PM
(11-28-2018, 03:44 PM)jamincan Wrote: I'm pretty sure the Ezra Street parties would be considered unlawful assembly under the Criminal Code, and therefore technically illegal. I'm also pretty sure that participating in a street party without a special event permit from the City of Waterloo would also contravene whatever special events by-law the City of Waterloo has. (It definitely is for the Region, but I can't track down the equivalent by-law for the City).
This is absolutely not unlawful assembly, if it was, the police would have arrested the people involved. I'm guessing you weren't there, there was no rioting, no major fights or other disturbances of the peace.
As for the street party, the police are the ones who closed the road, it was open, up until the police decided to close it for public safety, thus, it wasn't a street party.