Ministries of Transportation and Ontario Provincial Police

Ontario Provincial Police: On Aug. 14, the arrested 21 people for immigration violations during a joint commercial vehicle safety blitz with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministries of Transportation and Environment. The collaboration consisted of vehicle spot checks in northwest Toronto, around Wilson Avenue between Jane Street and Highway 400, according to Rabble. Advocates are outraged that the arrests were conducted during a vehicle safety check. Many of the people arrested were undocumented day-labourers and were on their way to work when they were stopped for what appeared to be a routine vehicle check, others have said they were arrested at coffee shops and An emergency rally took place on Monday as anger escalates over the controversial arrests of undocumented workers by the Canada Border Services Agency during a commercial vehicle safety blitz last week. told CBC News that it arrested 21 people who were "in violation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.