r/canadaguns 12d ago

News / Politics / Activism Supreme Court Hearing Date Set!

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u/Cock_ball_dickin 12d ago

I’m not gonna lie I’m incredibly nervous. How do you all think it will go?

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u/rastamasta45 12d ago

Truthfully there is serious merit to the case, because the argument isn’t really about guns it’s about the governments ability to declare criminal law via OIC and the seizure of property.

Theoretically if the government wins, it sets a highly dangerous precedent in that any government, minority or majority can rule via OIC and criminalize and seize property. So in effect a government could say “your gas cars are now a threat to the environment, via oic they are banned and only 5% of you will get compensation”

They could OIC new speech laws and hate speech and then straight criminalize their opponents. So this isn’t a shoe in for the government.

On the flip side, the LPC might want to drop the battle, because the Supreme Court could neuter the power of OIC’s and I don’t think they want that either

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u/scottsuplol 12d ago

Also that fact that they have failed time and time again to produce the evidence requested behind the grounds for the “buy back” having any positive for the safety of Canadians and failed to show what experts assessed the program

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u/CalibreMag 12d ago

Unfortunately that has no bearing on the Supreme Court's decision.

They cannot take into account the efficacy of a law, only its legality.

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u/InitialAd4125 11d ago

Further proof that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms isn't worth the paper it's written on.