Submitted 2 years ago by kiwiheretic@wolfballs.com to freeforum@wolfballs.com
I understand Canada has an upper and lower house and it seems that even though the Emergency Act is on the statute books is still needs to be ratified by parliament to come into force. How did Trudeau get the police to act upon it before then? Or were the arrests so far illegal and Trudeau is hoping they will become legal when the bill is finally ratified?
Does the charter give rights for people to protest peacefully? Does the Emergency Act overrule those rights?
Yeah, the senata has been very silent.
were the arrests so far illegal and Trudeau is hoping they will become legal when the bill is finally ratified
I don't know leaf law but this sounds plausible
charter give rights for people to protest peacefully
they may argue the blockade is not peaceful?
Where does the burden of proof lie? With the protestors or the state?
Wasn't the Ambassador bridge blockade over when the bill was introduced?
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 years ago
The charter does give people the rights to protest peacefully, and in fact in some ways that right is protected more than in the US. It's the first right.
kiwiheretic@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Just the charter has no effect while the emergency act is in force