This week's update analyzes the first Charter Rights case in Canada's new pandemic era. This case involved a Nova Scotia woman desperate to attend her mother's funeral in Newfoundland and Labrador. She was refused by the province as her travel was deemed "non-essential" and a threat to public safety. She believed her Charter Rights to mobility and liberty were abused by the decision and the judge agreed - even as he ruled the abuse was warranted and a "demonstrably justified" limitation. Thing is, was the judge working with bogus data and tainted modeling. Did he apply a "precautionary principle" meant to protect the "common good" in a less than comprehensive fashion? Read on. https://www.canadiancitizens.org/single-post/c3rf-member-update-02-oct-2020