Here come the COVID restrictions for Alberta!
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Alberta is allegedly Canada's most conservative province, will the patriots there speak out and protest Kenney? Because if Alberta won't, then I have no faith in the rest of Canada.
Looks like Jason Kenney is getting in line. The liberal media was calling for Trudeau to impose lockdown on Alberta.
There's no fight in like 99+% of politicians. Ron Paul Mr. 434-1 was so based. Even if I'm not a right-libertarian, I respected the man's balls.
There is no legal basis for Trudeau to impose any lockdowns.
Notwithstanding clause? Trudeau is a cuck though. I'd like to see him try.
As far as I know the notwithstanding clause can only be used for some sections of the Charter. And the mobility rights of Canadians, which are in section 6 of the Charter, are inviolable.
Yes. The notwithstanding clause allows governments to pass legislation which would otherwise breach certain sections of the charter. It doesn’t give the federal government power to legislate in areas granted to the provinces.
So that would mean then that the provincial governments don't have the authority to quarantine healthy people either then? As mobility rights of Canadians are guaranteed in the Charter. Yet they are doing it anyways. lol. At least 7 provinces (representing at least 50% of Canadians) agreed to the Charter. So the provinces have to follow the Charter too if I'm not mistaken.
Nope. Provinces and feds have different kinds of authority. The feds can only quarantine people which come into Canada, but they can't restrict travel within a province or between provinces. But provinces have through Section 1 of the Charter a way to restrict travel within their borders and thus override Section 6 of the Charter.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-travel-ban-supreme-court-decision-1.5727549
There might not be any legal basis, but Trudeau can certainly threaten to pull funding, revoke permits for energy projects, or make similar threats to force Kenny in line.
Then again Kenny is a globalist weasel who just has to play out the principled conservative stance for long enough to keep the base happy.
Of course Trudeau can do that, but he doesn't have to when Kenney does it voluntarily.