09-26-2019, 07:13 PM
(09-26-2019, 06:16 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: There is a fundamental difference between penalizing people for not carrying ID and penalizing people for not providing identification for the purpose of issuing them a ticket. The first is wrong in a free and democratic society; the second is mandatory for tickets to actually mean anything, especially to the worst scofflaws (I mean, realistically I’m not going to misidentify myself; but some guy who has figured out that if he does so he can violate the noise or dog poop bylaw as much as he wants sure will).
The bylaw amendment effectively allows the city to penalize people for not carrying ID in situations where they are not legally obligated to do so. In most cases you do not have to provide anything more than your name and date of birth to a municipal enforcement officer. Fining people for not producing an identity document for a bylaw infraction is not ok and may even breach Charter rights.