Re: [OT] Judges discover constitutional rights to bike lanes and also drug use in homeless shelters

On 2025-05-06 2:18 PM, moviePig wrote:

On 5/6/2025 1:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On May 6, 2025 at 9:43:26 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
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America is not the only country that has activist judges. We have them
here in Canada too. Brian Lilley and Adam Zivo describe several cases of
judicial activism and consider remedies like electing judges rather than
appointing them as we currently do.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7R4cVgqfZA [16 minutes]

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I misread this at first and thought you'd found an *American* judge ruling
that bike lanes are constitutionally protected. I was about to lose my shit.

 Is Canada's Constitution much more "liberal" than the U.S.'s?
 

Our equivalent to the US Constitution is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Whether it is more liberal than the US's depends on how you define "liberal". Overall, I would say it is considerably weaker in terms of individual rights with more emphasis on "peace, order, and good government" than a strong interest in "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". We have nothing like the 2nd Amendment to protect gun ownership and whatever rights we had have been dramatically eroded during the past 10 years of Liberal governance.
You can make your own assessment by reading the Charter here:
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/
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Rhino