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In reply to the discussion: Canadian Civil Liberties Association to sue federal government over Emergencies Act [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)8. I think it is fine that CCLA is doing its job. I don't think they have a prayer of winning
Their job is to uphold civil liberties by testing them in court. They are doing that and it is good. Just don't bet on them winning because I don't think they have a leg to stand on. I think their line of attack has been already thought through and the rights balanced and safeguarded.
What the situation is about really is that many people's rights are being abridged by a few who are imposing unreasonable and excessive use of their own rights.
No right is absolute. Free speech does not give you the right to should "Fire" in a crowded theatre. Rights have to be balanced.
The blockaders have been given plenty of notice and lots of time. This is not retaliation for speech. Nobody can rationally argue that.
It is not an authoritarian overreach. Everything in the Act is subservient to the Charter of Rights. It says so right in the Act that it has to be that way.
The occupiers have had plenty of speech. More than adequate opportunity. By staying they aren't saying anything they didn't say on the first day.
Ball is in your court. I think you have to get rather specific about which action is specifically against which right and why and how other rights of other people don't have standing.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association to sue federal government over Emergencies Act [View all]
Sympthsical
Feb 2022
OP
It's not a protest. It's a criminal blockade, infringement on rights of residents, interference,..nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#1
Obscure what? You think I can park my car in your driveway because I protest your "__" sign?
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#5
You may have forgotten that blocking traffic was common in the anti-Iraq war protests.
former9thward
Feb 2022
#12
Blocking traffic for an hour is different from blocking a whole downtown for weeks. Not comparable
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#15
I can't go squat in your house bc I don't like your neighbor & call it a protest & no consequences.n
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#2
I think it is fine that CCLA is doing its job. I don't think they have a prayer of winning
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#8
I think they should just hold back on that lawsuit until all the information is known
Bev54
Feb 2022
#10
The protesters are attacking the police and trying to confiscate their weapons
PortTack
Feb 2022
#18
When night fell on the first day & the trucks were still blocking, it was no longer a protest. . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#9
This occupation used the vaccines as a guise but it is all about unseating our government
Bev54
Feb 2022
#11
It is the occupation and anti Trudeau rhetoric that they hoped would make the Liberal
Bev54
Feb 2022
#35
Wrong. Rhetoric is no problem. Threats, provocations, weapons violations, etc are different
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#44
Plus there were machinations about getting functionaries and/or GG to dissolve parliament
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2022
#43
I am not really sure you are getting what I am saying. It did work, they left the
Bev54
Feb 2022
#29