An online panel of lawyers organized by the National Citizens Inquiry on COVID-19 said the courts have failed to uphold Canadian rights since the pandemic began and a bleak future awaits.
Lawyer Shawn Buckley described the Canadian experience as “the largest intrusion of government overreach into our personal lives, even in wartime,” without the courts putting on the breaks.
Queen’s University law professor Bruce Pardy agreed. “I think governments will interpret what has happened so far as a green light to go ahead and do it again,” he said.