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I just walked home through much of the G20 district and must have walked by roughly 500 police officers on my way home. Most of them are just concerned with fin
by 9oliYQjP 16y ago
I just walked home through much of the G20 district and must have walked by roughly 500 police officers on my way home. Most of them are just concerned with finding shade at this point (it's a cloudless sunny day). None of them are being jerks to people that are going about their business. As I got closer to the perimeter fence though, I noticed a lot more police staring at me. I felt uneasy enough that I took a detour home that avoided getting any closer.
That said, I don't have a problem with this law. I do have a problem with the way it was passed.
1. It was passed without debate.
2. By the time it is published in the Gazette (government newspaper where laws and other notices are posted) as required by law, the law itself will have expired.
3. It exposes flaws in our legislative system both with respect to process and entrenched rights (as a Canadian I basically have none because of our Constitution's notwithstanding clause).
I'd like to see these loopholes closed up. I think the law is balanced and within reason. But I would have liked to have my say before it became law. The way this went about implies that our leaders feel they have absolute power and that we citizens are merely pawns.