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Given the cynical application of laws and their moderating charter exceptions in places like Australia and Canada over the last few years, Examples? You can’t
by helloooooooo 4y ago
Given the cynical application of laws and their moderating charter exceptions in places like Australia and Canada over the last few years,
Examples? You can’t just make extraordinary claims without extraordinary evidence.
- tpoacher 4y agoHere's one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32299244 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32299244
- helloooooooo 4y agoYou mean bail conditions? It’s very common to have your communications be restricted with certain people and you may be restricted from entering certain geographical areas. How is this overreach?
- refurb 4y agoCanada used the Emergency Act, which suspended some Charter rights, to break up the Trucker Convoy. When challenged in court a week later, the government recinded it (so the court case was dropped). A formal inquiry requested cabinet minutes on the decision to use the Emergency Act which was denied until very recently (when it was challenged in court and the media). https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/public-inquiry-emergencies-act-cabinet-confidence-waived-1.6504646 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/public-inquiry-emergencies-... It's very much a "we will do what we want and you can go ahead and sue us", but of course by then, the damage is done in the sense that infringement of our rights just got a little bit easier. No doubt the inquiry will raise concerns, but not until next year when it'll get minimal attention in the news cycle and the Prime Minister will say "At the time it was the right decision...we only take away rights when there is no other option...democracy is safe..."
- godmode2019 4y agoI read a story of a NZ man who groped a woman's breast out on a walk. He was banned from using a device that can access the Internet.