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Pierre Poilievre hints hed like to strip Canadians of some rights. Theres something to think about when its time to vote
At least one legal scholar in Canada believes voters should be asking some hard questions about the Constitution specifically, whether a future prime minister would be willing to opt out of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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May 15, 2024
ETHAN CAIRNS THE CANADIAN PRESS
Susan-Delacourt
By Susan DelacourtNational Columnist
https://www.thestar.com/politics/pierre-poilievre-hints-hed-like-to-strip-canadians-of-some-rights-theres-something-to-think/article_c51ab03c-12d0-11ef-b329-43ddde563cce.html#:~:text=Conservative%20Leader%20Pierre%20Poilievre%20has,and%20Freedoms%2C%20Susan%20Delacourt%20writes.&text=No%20one%20knows%20what%20the,election%2C%20whenever%20it%20does%20come.
"SNIP...........
No one knows what the ballot-box question will be in the next election, whenever it does come.
But at least one legal scholar in Canada believes voters should be asking some hard questions about the Constitution specifically, whether a future prime minister would be willing to opt out of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Pierre Poilievre has dropped some broad hints in the past couple of weeks that he could be ready to blaze a trail here as prime minister. No federal government has ever used the notwithstanding clause in the 40-plus years it has been part of the Constitution. But the Conservative leader told a police chiefs gathering he might go down that road to get tougher on criminals.
All of my proposals are constitutional, and we will make sure we will make them constitutional. Were using whatever tools the Constitution allows me to use to make them constitutional, Poilievre said in his Apr. 29 speech.
I think you know exactly what I mean.
..............SNIP"
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msongs
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(38,923 posts)Bev54
(11,282 posts)in here in Alberta. She is trying to take power over municipalities and cities. The conservatives are like republicans and we Canadians cannot be complacent, we have never had to face this before and so many do not even take notice.
Scary times. The growing Trumpification of Canada is so sad and worrying to see. So sorry you have to live under that nutbar of a premier, though mine - Ford- is right up there too. Oh Canada.
Fiendish Thingy
(17,233 posts)The charter of rights and freedoms has a Notwithstanding Clause that allows the government to ignore court rulings that a particular law is unconstitutional, but only until the next election, so for a maximum of five years.
Provinces have occasionally used the notwithstanding clause, most often by Quebec, but the federal government has never used it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms
https://www.constitutionalstudies.ca/2019/07/notwithstanding-clause-2/?print=print
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2022/notwithstanding-clause-powers-separation/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/notwithstanding-clause-explained-ford-1.6641293
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/notwithstanding-clause-plain-language-summary
If America had a Notwithstanding Clause, Roe would still be the law of the land.
maspaha
(338 posts)What are Canadian election finance laws like? My husband has Canadian citizenship by birth and US citizenship by naturalization but hasnt lived in Canada since he was like 4 years old. Hes never voted in Canada and I dont know its even eligible. Even if hes not eligible to vote do yall know if he can at least contribute cash to candidates? We rely heavily on Canadians for our personal sanity (were living in Crazytown, Arizona) and are willing to expand our legal political participation to Canada.
applegrove
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I guess you start with is he still Canadian?
https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=reg&document=index&lang=e