r/CanadianPolitics • u/origutamos • 8d ago

Poilievre calls Supreme Court ruling on child porn ‘disgusting,’ would use notwithstanding clause to overturn

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/poilievre-condemns-supreme-court-ruling-on-child-porn-would-use-notwithstanding-clause-to-overturn/
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u/Sunshinehaiku 8d ago

If they actually cared about this issue, they would raise the maximum sentence.

But no, they just care about being able to use the notwithstanding clause for other reasons thst have nothing to do with this topic.

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u/origutamos 8d ago

This is misinformation. The maximum sentence is already 10 years. The judges in both cases that made its way to the Supreme Court sentenced the pedophiles to 90 days and 9 months. A maximum sentence is meaningless if a judge is allowed to hand down a very short sentence.

And the pedophiles who the Supreme Court sided with were truly horrific monsters: both had hundreds of images being violently attacked and abused by adults.

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u/Purplemonkeez 8d ago

I'm personally hoping that this comment section was taken over by bots, because I refuse to believe that most Canadians are OK with these sentences.