Comment 76042

By Shempatolla (registered) - website | Posted April 18, 2012 at 14:27:06

The Charter however is a flawed document that has left far too many powers with the judiciary who are unelected and unaccountable. This has been evident for years as a left leaning Supreme Court has had no problem effectively making policy instead of ruling on it. There are no property rights enshrined in the Charter which is why we see things like David Cheng and Mr Poolapady of Toronto arrested and charged by police for defending their property.

I think it is worth noting also that while the Charter is 30 and that is great, we should acknowledge that Canadians basic rights go not only back to the British North America Act but trace its origins and basis in Common Law back to the Magna Carta of 1215. Now that is cool.

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