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Originally Posted by FairHamilton
It's statements like that which scare the bejeebers out of me. Makes my skin crawl.
Please show me where in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it states the government has that entitlement. They don't, period.
But for some unknown reason we let them encroach on our freedoms, with nary a whimper. There's reasons why we all know statements like, 'Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile'.
CCTV cameras are a bad idea. They are step one, mark my words.
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I'm afraid your understanding of Canadian constitutional law is way, way off. The Charter does not purport to outline what the government is entitled or empowered to do (in a very general way, this is outlined in the Constitution Act, 1867, which merely divides responsibilities between the provincial and federal governments). The Charter simply lays out a limited set of fundamental rights and freedoms which everyone in Canada (or subject to Canadian state action) is entitled to. These rights and freedoms are not absolute but are rather subject to "such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society" (per s.1). Moreover, there is no constitutionally protected right to privacy in the public realm in Canada. Sorry. The issue has been adjudicated to the same end.
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