Wilber

Dogs are the definition of unconditional love.

No, it is a different process, hence the name.

Yes, he circumvented the courts by using the notwithstanding clause. I agree that it is constitutional but it allows him to bypass the legal process.

Not bypassing the courts would be to appeal the decision.

I don't have a big problem with judges asking for more information in a judge only trial but I don't know that you could reconcile this in a jury trial.

By arguing the notwithstanding clause was constitutional (which I don't dispute), I took it to mean you were in favour of its use to bypass allegedly politicized courts. Perhaps I was mistaken.,

Uh, aren't you one of those complaining about judges having too much power over on the GTA thread? Maybe we should let them do that in all cases, including constitutional. Don't ya think?

Well that's how many Russians died in Stalin's Gulags and how many Chinese died in Mao's Cultural Revolution. You are the idiot who compared Obama and Clinton to those two.

Lynch mobs are also the court of public opinion, as was McCarthyism.

Sort of. A government would have to change the existing law, which it could, or an election could be forced by a non confidence vote.

I'm not a fan of Trudeau, never have been but he and Freeland are our team in this whether we like it or not. Are you sure you are a Canadian because you seem to delight in the prospect of your country failing. Or are you so hyper partisan that the possible consequences for your country just don't matter to you.

Politicians wrote the the Charter so why blame judges for its deficiencies. They can only work with what they are given. Heaven forbid we rely on the court of public opinion to defend individual rights. That is nothing more than mob rule.

Which Constitution? There is only one public system in BC. Religious schools get the same funding, subject to the same rules as any other private school.

BC has pretty much rejected the ward system and gone with councillors at large. I have mixed feelings about it. Money is more of a factor during at large campaigns and voters basically have to rank their ballots. On the other hand, it discourages Balkanization because all the councillors are responsible for all of the city, rather than just their piece of it.

If so, he is just using Trump's own MO.

Everyone is supposed to handle Trump with kid gloves while he treats the rest of the world like shit. He sure has you guys cowering.

So he did want to rule supreme.

The case you quoted wasn't about that but I agree. Why doesn't DoFo get rid of the separate system?

Well who did he think should reign supreme? Judges can only make law by interpreting laws that are made by politicians.

Quebec is already semi autonomous.

So Chretien believed that he should have been supreme when he was PM. Politicians don't reign according to their "so called philosophy"? Judges are appointed by politicians after all. I don't think there is a perfect system but history has shown us that there are times when citizens need protection from the actions of their elected governments. Who is to provide that protection if not the courts?

Why have a separate system at all?

Whatever, DoFo is still telling you that you have rights under the Charter only if he says so.

Sure, we could have East and West Canada. Like East and West Pakistan. On the other hand, that didn't work.

The courts have to rule according to the Charter, even if individual judges don't personally agree with what it says. It seems that any judge you disagree with is an activist. Maybe the problem is yours.