Brenda Martin worries she’s a ‘political pawn’

OTTAWA — A Canadian woman imprisoned in a Mexican jail worries she’s become a political pawn now that her plight has garnered international attention.

A distraught Brenda Martin said Thursday her meeting this week with Conservative MPs Jason Kenney and Rick Norlock was a stunt to curry public favour back home.

“It was a photo op for them for political gain. And I am not a political pawn, and I don’t care to be a political pawn anymore. My life is at stake,” she said in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press.

Safety experts applaud law to slow trucks

Trucking industry and safety experts are applauding a move by Queen’s Park to cap truck speeds at 105 km/h in Ontario.

Calling it a life-saving measure that will also reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Transportation Minister Jim Bradley introduced legislation yesterday that, if passed, will make electronic speed limiters mandatory on provincial roads by next year.

Speed limiters are electronic devices built into trucks that can be programmed to prevent the driver from going beyond 105 km/h.

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