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Many people have been calling for harsher repercussions for those who call the 9-1-1 emergency line to complain about everything from Amber Alerts to missed trains to incorrect restaurant orders—and now the City of Mississauga has passed a motion to formally call on the province to punish those who make “frivolous or vexatious 9-1-1 calls.” 

“There have been concerns about calls to Peel Regional Police after Amber Alerts,” Mayor Bonnie Crombie said during a Jan. 15 General …