Juno News - October 31, 2020Trudeau doesn't understand the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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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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In 1982, when Justin Trudeau's father occupied that lofty office, he produced his signature work
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by what was called repatriating the Constitution. He enacted what was called the Constitution Act
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1982. In essence, he replaced the British North America Act of 1867 with it, and the British
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Parliament ceded authority to the federal and provincial legislatures in Canada. But more
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importantly, included within that was the new formula to amend the Constitution for future
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governments and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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guarantees to everyone, quote, the following fundamental freedoms. A. Freedom of conscience
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and religion. B. Freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including freedom
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of the press and other media communication. C. Freedom of peaceful assembly and D. Freedom
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On Friday, in response to a question about the recent terror attacks in France, ostensibly
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about the right to show a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, Justin Trudeau seemed to indicate
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he did not fully understand the contents of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He said,
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quote, we will always defend freedom of expression, but freedom of expression is not without limits,
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unquote. We owe it to ourselves to act with respect for others and to seek not to arbitrarily or
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unnecessarily injure those with whom we are sharing a society and a planet. What? So in Justin Trudeau's
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world, freedom of expression is a right, but only if what is said is said with respect and no one is
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offended. Nowhere in the Charter does it specifically say anyone has the right to not be offended by
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anything they see, hear, or read. Nowhere. The Prime Minister may well believe whatever he wants to
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believe, but the language of the Charter is quite clear. The Prime Minister cannot arbitrarily change
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the Charter, nor can he interpret it as he sees fit. If he wants to change the language in the Charter,
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there is an amending formula put in place by his father with which he can do that. Until then,
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the Charter is the law of the land as written, and free speech across this land is guaranteed under
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Section 2 in clear and unequivocal language. Make no mistake what this is about. The Islamofascists
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are trying to blame the publication of the so-called Mohammed cartoons as justification for stabbing
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and beheading French citizens. Anything less than a strong condemnation of those violent acts is
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mealy-mouthed equivocation of horrific acts, unjustifiable in law anywhere in the Western world.
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You may not like what I say on this or any subject, but as a Canadian, I have an absolute right to say
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it, even if it offends. You do not have the right to not be offended. The Prime Minister should go have a
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read of the document which came to define the legacy of his father. For True North, I'm Leo Knight.