Juno News - October 31, 2020


Trudeau doesn't understand the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Justin Trudeau
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4 minutes

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508

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34

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In response to a question about the recent terror attacks in France, Justin Trudeau seemed to indicate he did not fully understand the contents of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which provides for the right to free speech across the land as written.

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00:00:00.000 In 1982, when Justin Trudeau's father occupied that lofty office, he produced his signature work
00:00:11.520 by what was called repatriating the Constitution. He enacted what was called the Constitution Act
00:00:17.700 1982. In essence, he replaced the British North America Act of 1867 with it, and the British
00:00:25.680 Parliament ceded authority to the federal and provincial legislatures in Canada. But more
00:00:32.500 importantly, included within that was the new formula to amend the Constitution for future
00:00:37.680 governments and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
00:00:44.580 guarantees to everyone, quote, the following fundamental freedoms. A. Freedom of conscience
00:00:52.780 and religion. B. Freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom
00:01:00.400 of the press and other media communication. C. Freedom of peaceful assembly and D. Freedom
00:01:08.560 of association. Those are unequivocal.
00:01:11.600 On Friday, in response to a question about the recent terror attacks in France, ostensibly
00:01:18.240 about the right to show a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, Justin Trudeau seemed to indicate
00:01:24.120 he did not fully understand the contents of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He said,
00:01:29.320 quote, we will always defend freedom of expression, but freedom of expression is not without limits,
00:01:36.660 unquote. We owe it to ourselves to act with respect for others and to seek not to arbitrarily or
00:01:45.420 unnecessarily injure those with whom we are sharing a society and a planet. What? So in Justin Trudeau's
00:01:54.660 world, freedom of expression is a right, but only if what is said is said with respect and no one is
00:02:02.400 offended. Nowhere in the Charter does it specifically say anyone has the right to not be offended by
00:02:11.220 anything they see, hear, or read. Nowhere. The Prime Minister may well believe whatever he wants to
00:02:19.000 believe, but the language of the Charter is quite clear. The Prime Minister cannot arbitrarily change
00:02:25.660 the Charter, nor can he interpret it as he sees fit. If he wants to change the language in the Charter,
00:02:33.180 there is an amending formula put in place by his father with which he can do that. Until then,
00:02:39.500 the Charter is the law of the land as written, and free speech across this land is guaranteed under
00:02:46.880 Section 2 in clear and unequivocal language. Make no mistake what this is about. The Islamofascists 1.00
00:02:55.140 are trying to blame the publication of the so-called Mohammed cartoons as justification for stabbing 0.96
00:03:01.520 and beheading French citizens. Anything less than a strong condemnation of those violent acts is
00:03:09.700 mealy-mouthed equivocation of horrific acts, unjustifiable in law anywhere in the Western world.
00:03:17.100 You may not like what I say on this or any subject, but as a Canadian, I have an absolute right to say
00:03:25.540 it, even if it offends. You do not have the right to not be offended. The Prime Minister should go have a
00:03:35.020 read of the document which came to define the legacy of his father. For True North, I'm Leo Knight.
00:03:47.100 I'm Leo Knight. I'm Leo Knight.
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