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They also don’t understand that the “wartime act” is not the act that was invoked. In fact, the War Measures Act has not existed in Canada for nearly 40 years.
by helloooooooo 3y ago
They also don’t understand that the “wartime act” is not the act that was invoked. In fact, the War Measures Act has not existed in Canada for nearly 40 years.
It was replaced by the Emergencies Act, which explicitly does not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, unlike its predecessors.
It just goes to show how knowledgeable the previous poster is on the subject.
- epgui 3y agoIndeed. But just to be even more clear: > which explicitly does not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Indeed indeed. However, it does limit the rights and freedoms in the Charter, and it does so in a way that the Charter allows. The Charter provides an escape hatch in exceptional circumstances, and that is not by accident: it is by design. And anyone who would design the Charter without this escape hatch probably has no business being in governance, because it would just be a ticking time bomb to a constitutional crisis.
- ipaddr 3y agoSame act that imprisoned Japanese citizens that was slightly changed. Legally the government could make you a slave and it wouldn't violate your charter. You don't have as many rights or protections as you believe. You don't even have property rights in Canada.
- epgui 3y ago> Legally the government could make you a slave and it wouldn't violate your charter. This is hilariously false.