Province looking to permanently adopt additional tools for police officers during illegal border blockades.
The Ontario government is proposing new legislation to protect border crossings from illegal blockades.
If passed, the new measures would permanently enact additional police tools brought in on an emergency basis last month to help end protests in Ottawa and at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor.
The "Keeping Ontario Open for Business Act" would give police additional powers to impose roadside license and vehicle permit suspensions, seize license plates of cars involved in illegal blockades and remove and store objects making up an illegal border disruption.
"Ontario is a strong, reliable trading partner, and we are signaling to the world that we continue to be open for business," says Premier Doug Ford. "We will do everything in our power to protect our workers, job creators and international trade relationships from any future attempts to block our borders. The world can be confident that Ontario is open for business."
As well, the government is also investing nearly $96 million in enhanced training for public order policing, establishing an OPP Emergency Response Team, and purchasing equipment like heavy tow trucks in order to keep international borders open.

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