Richard White
Senior Member
My coworker and I were talking about it and it's hard to believe how much of a ghost town the Downtown Core will be in the next few days. Cue the tumbleweed...
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My coworker and I were talking about it and it's hard to believe how much of a ghost town the Downtown Core will be in the next few days. Cue the tumbleweed...
Days? I think this is going to last for weeks. Even if the chain of infections eases, the remainder of the population still doesn't have any natural immunity and are vulnerable.
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If China is any indication give it a month.
There are many laws that people follow and we dont have to endlessly police people for...
You really think we have to invoke martial law to do mandatory self-isolation?
Like i dont know what the stats are but getting 9 out of ten 10 people to comply would be a huge victory.
As I recollect; the act is phrased such that Charter guarantees around non-discrimination are preserved. Any violation of the Charter is subject to the Reasonable Limits Clause.
ie. violations that can be justified in a free and democratic society.
I expect many such limitations can be; but not without some reasonable limits, as it should be.
It's actually a very small Act, only 80 sections, and the only reference to the Charter is in its preamble:
"AND WHEREAS the Governor in Council, in taking such special temporary measures, would be subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Bill of Rights and must have regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly with respect to those fundamental rights that are not to be limited or abridged even in a national emergency;"
Granted, but the Reasonable Limits Clause is embedded in the Charter itself.
Rights and freedoms in Canada
1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
Legislators are compelled by the Charter to view their actions (laws, regulations, orders, etc.) through the lens of Section 1. If a particular matter comes before the court, all the way up to the SCOC, it will use the same lens, along with others.
True, but the dead can't ask for rights - and I'd rather risk violating the Charter and deal with the repercussion in the court years down the road than freaking out over it, do the wrong thing and let things slip out of hand. The only reasonable question is whether the violation contemplated is actually enforcable and will actually produce the desired goals in an emergency - it is the latter test where it fails.
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Completely shutting the US border means that Canada would essentially be nuking its economy (ignoring the political implications). So a soft-closure for now, maybe a full closure if things get worse, I would imagine.
Meanwhile, in the States...
For Some Buyers With Virus Fears, the Priority Isn’t Toilet Paper. It’s Guns.
Gun shops and ammunition dealers say they’ve seen a surge in purchases, particularly from first-time buyers.
From link.