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^ one can see the sort of attitudes we have to deal with in Canada. We have constitutional protections that should mean we are protected from this, but out gove
by version_five 5y ago
^ one can see the sort of attitudes we have to deal with in Canada. We have constitutional protections that should mean we are protected from this, but out government has decided to ignore them.
- jleyank 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Management_and_Civil_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Management_and_Civil... http://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/document/cs/s-2.2 http://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/document/cs/s-2.2 There is a stronger federal option which the provinces don't want to trigger. And, given the notwithstanding clause uses and/or abuses, vaccination is a small thing compared to language, religion and gender discrimination. And to use the tired cliche, free speech doesn't mean you can yell fire in theatres.
- moistly 5y agoPoll after poll shows that a supermajority of Canadians are sick of the anti-health-measures crowd.
- thomassmith65 5y agoWhether one agrees with that interpretation of Canada's rights depends on how serious a public health threat one feels this pandemic is. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such *reasonable* limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.