We don’t have a constitution. We have a loophole ridden document that allows each Premier in the nation to disregard Charter Rights via the Notwithstanding Clause.

It’s time for Canada to rewrite the Constitution and to enshrine some inalienable rights and freedoms.

Good luck with the rewrite - Meech Lake and Charlottetown showed that getting the consensus needed for constitutional amendment won't be easy.

You might also find that Canadians as a whole want a balance between public order and individual freedom that tilts more toward the public order end of the spectrum than you'd like.

> sadly the Canadian government can override its Bill of Rights whenever they please under temporary 3 year Emergency Measures.

…and then face elections with this track record, hence why this is the first time this bill has been invoked in 50 years.

Yes. It's a risk to the ruling party to enact these measures and the next election will determine whether it was the right call or not.

Regardless of the outcome of this situation, the current few weeks _will_ be taught in Canadian schools for the next decades.

You mean CORAF (Charter Of Rights And Freedoms) and not Bill of Rights, eh?

Technically we have both and Canada's constitution is so messy the latter might also be in it.

The CORAF covers federal and provincial governance, while the earlier Bill Of Rights (1960) was only federal. The latter has very limited usefulness today on its own, so has essentially been subsumed by the former. I'm not sure what you mean by the Constitution being "messy" so I cannot comment on that.

Could you imagine this in America?

"Don't like first amendment speech? Just suspend the constitution!"

We should start processing asylum claims from the north...

On the video of the announcement you can clearly see & hear them state that all actions will be subject to the Charter Of Rights And Freedoms. Go look/listen.