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A Personal Declaration of Opposition to The Abuse of Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by The State

4 Jan 2024

A Personal Declaration of Opposition to The Abuse of Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by The State I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation. [...] Sins of Omission and Sins of Commission Perhaps no where is the fatal flaw (error in law) of the various court judgements concerning the Charter of Rights and Freedoms more blatant than in the omission of consideration of the first words of the Charter itself: ‘Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law: Note the grammatical use of the colon. [...] A functioning rule of law requires that law be understood to have force and moral of its own, a force and weight independent of the political and cultural struggles the moment.’ I submit that all the judgements rendered that involve interpretation of the Charter must involve consideration of all the relevant parts of the Charter. [...] Finally, sacred individual freedoms and rights that took 114 years to form part of the Constitution are not to be swept away by ignoring the concepts that were to guide the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and form its context: the supremacy of God and the rule of law. [...] The other aspect of this sad tale is that the Government of British Columbia has a obligation to bring all the latest scientific information to the Judge’s attention—-as the Judge and the Government keep saying —-IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

Authors

Peter Holle

Pages
12
Published in
Canada