Two Calgary men charged for private conversation en route to city’s Million Person March

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One man was handcuffed by police after his private conversation was reported by another passenger on a Calgary train.

Two Calgary men are facing charges after someone reported their private conversation on city transit while they travelled to the province’s Million Person March last month.

On October 24, The Democracy Fund (TDF) announced that they will represent the two men, who were ticketed following their conversation.

“The men, who have not been told what they did to contravene the by-law, report having had a private conversation on the C-train with a like-minded passenger enroute to the march,” TDF said in a news release.

The men were charged with violating the city bylaw which prohibits public transit users from engaging in activity that would “interfere with the comfort, convenience, or quiet use and enjoyment of the transit system of any reasonable person.”

However, the city of Calgary has yet to disclose the details of their conversation which are allegedly opposed to the bylaw. Continue…