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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (2913)	8/6/2003 2:37:33 AM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37549

Making laws or Remaking laws Politicians are continually inflicting their ideas on the populace, they do this in the form of laws enacted by Parliament. Many laws do not brush against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, some do. In a large part, laws are left unchanged after they have been passed, there is no conflict between the Charter and the law as enacted. Parliament can make any law they wish, the courts strike down those laws that obviate basic rights that are guaranteed in the Charter. Government policies that come into conflict with the guarantees in the Charter will be struck down by the court as well. You cannot leave the issue of individual rights in the hands of the majority, this would disenfranchise minorities. Every law you see on the books is a law that some politician thought we needed. Many of those laws are needed, many are foolish. Did you ever watch "This is the Law" - It is illegal to interrupt a meeting of the British Columbia Grasshopper Society