Safe Streets Act: Michael Bryant Wants Ontario To Scrap Panhandling Law

TORONTO - Former attorney general Michael Bryant is calling on the Ontario government to repeal the "rotten law" that targets panhandlers and so-called squeegee kids.

Bryant is among a coalition of individuals and organizations urging his former Liberal government colleagues to take the now 15-year-old Safe Streets Act off the books.

During his four years as Ontario's attorney general, Bryant says he "failed" by not repealing the act when he had the chance.

Liberals name Michael Bryant to head body that regulates accountants

TORONTO - Former attorney general Michael Bryant has landed a new job with the Ontario government, chairing a body that regulates the province's public accounting profession.

Bryant, a former rising star in the government of former premier Dalton McGuinty, quit provincial politics in 2009 and was CEO of Invest Toronto when he was involved in a fatal collision with a bicycle courier.

He was charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving in the death of bike courier Darcy Allan Sheppard, but all charges were later withdrawn.

After the incident, and his retirement from politics, Bryant wrote a book in which he confessed to being drunk during much of his time as a cabinet minister.

Bryant will replace John Crow, who is finishing his second and final term as chair of the Public Accounts Council.

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Bryant book launch angers cycling community

Three years later, Alan Wayne Scott is still haunted by the death of Darcy Allan Sheppard.

When Scott listened to the original witness reports on the morning following the accident, he’d never heard of a similar incident between motorist and cyclist that came close to what the construction workers described.

“It was like I’d been kicked in the gut,” said Scott, a former foot, transit and bicycle courier for 25 years. “And for over a year it never went away. It was like I’d physically been assaulted myself.”

Michael Bryant is sorry, but I want more

For someone trying to prove he’s newly humbled, showing up on every available media outlet to hype a book about his downfall is a questionable plan.

Whether he’s seeking a return to politics or just a rehabilitation of his image, though, there is really no playbook for the comeback Michael Bryant is trying to achieve. So he’s attempting to write his own.

Bryant's Story Needs Scrutiny, Dead Cyclist's Father Says

Michael Bryant's suggestion that police wilfully mishandled the investigation into his involvement in the death of a Toronto cyclist has sparked an angry backlash from officers.

Bryant has released a new book called 28 Seconds: A True Story of Addiction, Injustice and Tragedy, which details the events that led to the death of bike courier Darcy Allan Sheppard three years ago.

During an interview with CBC's Amanda Lang about the memoir, the former attorney general for Ontario said it appeared that the work of police officers following the Aug. 31, 2009, incident "didn’t seem like an investigation."