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Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees

80 points · 84 comments · MC995

  1. clarionbell · · focus · HN ↗
    I know that speech protections are not exactly maximalist in Canada, but surely this can't be compatible with the charter?
    1. __s · · focus · HN ↗
      > Other municipalities in the province, including Quebec City, Laval, Longueuil and Sherbrooke, already have similar bylaws.

      apparently it can be

    2. 8note · · focus · HN ↗
      the other part about canada is that quebec didnt sign on to the canadian constitution, so its only the quebec charter, which is a law like any other
      1. yieldcrv · · focus · HN ↗
        now thats news to me, I need to look into that

        is there appeals to national courts there

        edit: after looking into it, this seems embellished and laymen level of legal understanding that I see everywhere. I wanted to believe though! There seems to be no functional difference for Quebec as a province in Canada compared to others, despite some nuance.

      2. gruez · · focus · HN ↗
        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms#Quebec" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and...

        &gt;The Charter is applicable in Quebec because all provinces are bound by the constitution.

        1. realo · · focus · HN ↗
          Read section 33 of the charter...

          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Cha...

          1. gruez · · focus · HN ↗
            That&#x27;s available to all provinces, so unless quebec invoked it to bypass all clauses of the charter, it&#x27;s still accurate to say they&#x27;re subject to it. Otherwise you can say that ontario isn&#x27;t bound by the constitution either, because they can theoretically invoke that clause.
    3. unsupp0rted · · focus · HN ↗
      Canada only enforces the parts of its Charter the current government feels like, and actively does the opposite of its Charter when the current government feels like it.
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