Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi...
by bryanlarsen on Monday January 06, 2025 @02:16PM
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A liberal protesting organization would have used bicycles and would thus have been legal.
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Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi...
by cempaka on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:04PM
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A good parallel is the U.S. campus protests in opposition to military aid for Israel's Gaza campaign, which were violently dispersed. You can find lots of instances of mostly right wingers saying they should never be able to get a job again and such.
Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi...
by orochimaaru on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:30PM
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That was Bill Ackman. There were also right wingers like Candace Owens who took a stand against it. It’s inaccurate to say that every person on the right was agreeing with that statement.
Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi...
by labster on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:14PM
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Not if the squeezed their bike horns and rang their bells at all hours of the night, and threatened the locals.
Re:Justin Trudeau announces resignation as Canadian prime mi...
by zahlman on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:28PM
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No, they would have been mainly on foot. I know this because it's actually happened, repeatedly, with BLM, in both Canada and the US. One random Canadian example: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-lives-matter-pr...
Blocking traffic is still blocking traffic, though. In Canada, the "notwithstanding clause" essentially means no rights are absolute. Intentionally blocking traffic on highways here is generally illegal, insofar as people have a lawful right to drive there normally; see e.g. https://mtplaw.com/legal-news/arrests-for-blocking-a-highway... - and generally there will be clear evidence that such blockages are intentional.
Also relevant: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/can-protesters-be-charged-for-bl... ; https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Know-Your-Rights... (PDF from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association).