Juno News - October 31, 2020


Trudeau doesn't understand the Charter of Rights and Freedoms


Episode Stats

Length

4 minutes

Words per Minute

121.0004

Word Count

508

Sentence Count

33

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary


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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
00:02:55.140 are trying to blame the publication of the so-called Mohammed cartoons as justification for stabbing
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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