Can Canadians rely on the Supreme Court of Canada to protect their Charter rights and freedoms or has the highest court in Canada been compromised by its progressive agenda?
Category: Law with Bruce Pardy
Freedom of expression has been described as the most important liberty. But bodily autonomy is more important.
Constitutional adherents, civically responsible citizens, conservative democrats, concerned parents fearful for their children, honest lawyers, and physicians — the ore of the nation — have become social pariahs.
It turns out that progressives were less interested in the principle of free speech than in promoting their own values.
“I’ve never seen any judge speak out in such a biased manner about a contentious issue that is likely to be heard by the court.”
Confidence in the judiciary depends on whether people perceive courts to be genuinely neutral, not merely within a narrow band of progressive consensus.
By Bruce Pardy for the Financial Post Last week, the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that the federal Impact Assessment Act is an unconstitutional infringement on provincial powers. In a 121-page judgment, four of the panel’s five judges said Parliament had taken a wrecking ball to the constitutional right of the citizens of Alberta, Saskatchewan, […]
During the ten days that the Emergencies Act was in force, the banks went out of their way to serve Ottawa’s best interests. And in doing so turned their backs on those very customers they claim to love so much. That green chair doesn’t look quite so comfy anymore.
“The trouble you will get into will depend upon what kind of actions, beliefs, attitudes and protests you engage in.”
The Charter’s vagueness allows courts to reign supreme.