This is slightly off topic, but well within this thread of conversation.
This is a common misconception many people hold about Section One of the Charter, namely that are rights can be sacrificed to promote a governmental agenda.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Section One limits attempts by government to create laws that do not promote or perpetuate a free and democratic society. If you read any of the Supreme Court decisions available on line, you will see Section One is usually the most quoted section of the Charter. This section has made it difficult to impossible for governments to pass laws that violate our rights as the onus is on the government to prove that the law in question:
- Is proportional to the wrong it is trying to alleviate
- Is the lease instrusive or least substantially infringing to the Charter
These are very high standards and the Court takes them extremely seriously.
for use during G8. I know because the Loss Prevention Officer for the company I work for is ex-RCMP and CSIS (aren't all LP investigators?) and he has volunteered for G8. It also helps that his office is next to mine, so we converse all the time. So, I fail to see how the jamming is going to affect cell phones if the police themselves are using CDMA digital phones.
The conversation has drifted to the G8 more than once and the preparations for it. The level of prepardedness is obscene; State of the art technology is being used, 24 hour satellite surveillance, hidden listening devices in the woods, "Ninjas" camouflaged under brush around Kananaskis, a dedicated fibre connection between Calgary and the meeting site in Kananskis installed just for G8 and on and on.
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at which point he would claim prior art by Congress.
This is slightly off topic, but well within this thread of conversation.
This is a common misconception many people hold about Section One of the Charter, namely that are rights can be sacrificed to promote a governmental agenda.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Section One limits attempts by government to create laws that do not promote or perpetuate a free and democratic society. If you read any of the Supreme Court decisions available on line, you will see Section One is usually the most quoted section of the Charter. This section has made it difficult to impossible for governments to pass laws that violate our rights as the onus is on the government to prove that the law in question:
- Is proportional to the wrong it is trying to alleviate
- Is the lease instrusive or least substantially infringing to the Charter
These are very high standards and the Court takes them extremely seriously.
for use during G8. I know because the Loss Prevention Officer for the company I work for is ex-RCMP and CSIS (aren't all LP investigators?) and he has volunteered for G8. It also helps that his office is next to mine, so we converse all the time. So, I fail to see how the jamming is going to affect cell phones if the police themselves are using CDMA digital phones.
The conversation has drifted to the G8 more than once and the preparations for it. The level of prepardedness is obscene; State of the art technology is being used, 24 hour satellite surveillance, hidden listening devices in the woods, "Ninjas" camouflaged under brush around Kananaskis, a dedicated fibre connection between Calgary and the meeting site in Kananskis installed just for G8 and on and on.