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u/Substantial-Cash-834 on Jan 31 '24

Besides the wording of our laws being deliberately vague, We also have the lovely notwithstanding clause built into the charter. From my understanding it allows the government to override all of our civil rights if an emergency is deemed serious enough.

Everything is open for infringement given the opportunity and anyone who hasn’t realized that the past few years has their head buried in the sand (or up their own ass)

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u/Goliad1990 Feb 03 '24

From my understanding it allows the government to override all of our civil rights if an emergency is deemed serious enough.

My brother, there doesn't need to be an emergency. Notwithstanding allows the government to bypass any right, at will, in any circumstance. The only caveat is that the law must be reviewed every five years.

The check and balance against the abuse of this power is supposed to be social shame on the government. Yes, I am actually fucking serious.

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u/Substantial-Cash-834 on Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24

I’m with you on that one. We’ve seen this government use just about any excuse to invent an “emergency” when convenient to suppress civil rights. In other words, no real checks and balances exist in Canada. Our charter is an illusion and becomes a worthless piece of paper whenever the feds want. When it all comes down to it, Canada fucks Canadians without hesitation to prop up the govt

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u/Goliad1990 Feb 03 '24

You're right, but I mean that there literally doesn't have to be any kind of emergence declared for Notwithstanding. There are no legal barriers for the government to use it, the constitution says they can invoke whenever they want for any reason.