Ford's 2018 platform promised to 'fix' the Liberals' Bill 175 police law
“Fix Bill 175 (Police Services Act) and treat our police with respect.”
2018 PC platform, · PC platform, Plan for the People
What happened · Mar 26, 2019
The Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68) received Royal Assent on March 26, 2019. It repealed the Police Services Act and several Acts contained in the Liberals' Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175), and enacted the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 instead. The new framework took effect April 1, 2024.
Sylvia Jones introduced the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 (Bill 68) in February 2019. It passed and received Royal Assent on March 26, 2019. The government's release said it 'fixed the previous government's Bill 175'. The Act repealed the Police Services Act and several Acts in the Safer Ontario Act, 2018, and enacted the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 and a new Special Investigations Unit Act. Most of the new framework did not take effect until April 1, 2024, more than five years after Royal Assent.