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0 pointsklyrs4y ago0 comments

Wrong country, again. States of emergency work very differently in Canada. Compare for yourself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_emergency_in_Canada

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Canadian States of Emregency Acts must still comport with due process.

“ Under the Emergencies Act, a declaration of an emergency by the Cabinet must be reviewed by Parliament.[33] Any temporary laws made under the act are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Bill of Rights, and must have regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”

mardifoufs4y ago

Which is meaningless considering the chart allows for almost everything inside of it to be either suspended (as per section 1) or outright ignored even outside of an emergency (not-withstanding clause). So yes it's not reassuring for an emergency law to have to follow the charter that explicitly allows for almost anything in cases where it's needed (such as government declared emergencies...).

The joys of having a "living constitution" where nothing is really set in stone and almost every right in the charter of rights can be just essentially ignored because of the very first section of said charter.

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jdkee4y ago

Canadian States of Emregency Acts must still comport with due process.

mardifoufs4y ago

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