CBC didn’t say anything about possible sentences, but I found a city news piece from 2022 that talks about mischief. It isn’t very useful though:
Kicking a wall could result in a fine, while mischief to a war memorial or blocking significant portions of downtown could see up to 10 years of jail time, Toronto criminal lawyer Karen McArthur said.
In the most severe cases the maximum sentence is life imprisonment, Peters said.
So, they could be looking at anything from a fine to lifetime imprisonment?
Mischief is essentially a charge for property damage but there are special categories of it, one of which covers monuments/memorials specifically. Churches are another one.
It sounds like blocking off a significant part of downtown Ottawa, and making the parliament buildings inaccessible, should be on the more severe end of things. But, we’ll see.
CBC didn’t say anything about possible sentences, but I found a city news piece from 2022 that talks about mischief. It isn’t very useful though:
So, they could be looking at anything from a fine to lifetime imprisonment?
Mischief is essentially a charge for property damage but there are special categories of it, one of which covers monuments/memorials specifically. Churches are another one.
It sounds like blocking off a significant part of downtown Ottawa, and making the parliament buildings inaccessible, should be on the more severe end of things. But, we’ll see.
Any protest could be considered blocking parts of the city. Any protest that doesn’t inconvenience someone or something is often ineffective.