PDF version: Transporting Liberty: Where Is The Track Heading?
Case Considered: R v S.A., 2012 ABQB 311, overturning 2011 ABPC 269
In many Canadian cities and towns, public transit is the only available means for some citizens to go about their daily lives. Can a balance be found in denying access to public transit to those who would abuse this service and the rights of other users of that service, in order to be safe, secure, and free of harassment or intimidation? Or, have we come to a point where citizens who face the daily burden of harassment, rude and intimidating behaviour or interference from others on buses, trains and transit stops must simply accept that this is an inevitable cost of using a public transit service? Continue reading