Thank you very much.
I agree with you about better defining exactly who should exercise these powers.
The term “peace officer” is certainly an older term. If you were to go back and look at the history, many times the mayor was called upon to exercise a certain responsibility when there was some type of uprising or riot.
There is a definition in the Criminal Code that defines who a peace officer is. It would include public officials such as mayor, reeve, sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff’s officer, justice of the peace, members of Correctional Services, any permanent employee of a prison or a penitentiary, officers under the Customs Act and the Excise Act, and officers under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. In addition, a fishery guardian is included as a peace officer under the Fisheries Act. The pilot on an aircraft is—