864 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 25 Jan \ on: Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act was ruled unconstitutional news
It's crazy that there isn't a better check on this stuff than a court ruling years later. We need protections from these despots that work in real time.
Exactly. Here let me ruin your life, throw you in jail, slander you in the press and then get a slap on the wrist two years later.
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a slap on the wrist two years later
It's not even that, though. There's no actual punishment, right? It's just a "Don't do that again." Over time that's valuable, but I'd favor inserting a constitutional review step prior to measures becoming law.
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The article does state that there could be potential legal consequences and a pathway for those affected by invocation of the act to pursue civil claims but most likely the consequences are political.
Trudeau was likely going to lose the next election anyways so not sure this will cost him anything besides maybe a few people who were on the fence about him looking at him differently now.
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The 2nd amendment in the US was supposed to be just that... Of course in Canada they've already taken most of the citizenry's guns.
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Yes gun laws are brutal in Canada.
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I've actually wondered if that's why red America was subjected to so much less Covid tyranny.
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I think it more relates to the fact that Canada leans more liberal, is more conditioned to big government and trusts the media more. At least they did. One would hope lessons were learned amongst the Canadian citizenry after covid.
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