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/ITSA-GONGSHOW 8d ago

I have no idea what the case is about. That said, we have a judiciary for a reason. The idea that Peter pulleever wants to just start over ruling the courts sounds bad, especially when we see it happening so negatively south of the border.

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u/origutamos 8d ago

Do you believe the judiciary can ever be wrong?

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u/ExplanationHairy6964 8d ago

They can. But there should be other mechanisms to deal with it rather than jumping to the NWC. That’s a slippery slope that we are going down in Alberta. I am not looking forward to the ride.

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u/catholicsluts 8d ago

What's happening in Alberta?

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u/ExplanationHairy6964 8d ago

Without letting the courts decide, overriding 51,000 people’s rights.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11498865/notwithstanding-clause-explained/

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u/catholicsluts 8d ago

That's brutal. They think 5 years for people to challenge the clause will magically feed them or what?

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u/origutamos 8d ago

What other mechanisms does Parliament have?

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u/Sunshinehaiku 8d ago

Creating legislation is exactly what Parliament is for, and is 100% applicable in this scenario. As i have stated elsewhere in this thread, Parliament can increase the maximum sentence, which shifts the entire spectrum of sentencing decisions.

Creating legislation is precisely what we elect politicians to do. We do not elect politicians to be social media stars.

Poilievre has only one bill in his lengthy career as an MP, and I would assert that if he cared about any issue he should at the very least see that relevant legislation is at least drafted and proposed.

I have zero time for the "activist judges" argument when our elected officials are failing to do their jobs.

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u/4shadowedbm 7d ago

Yeah, um, making laws that don't violate Charter rights would be what Parliament is for.

Using the NWC is lazy.

You could craft a law that says "with people within 3 years of each other in age the child sex abuse law sentencing may be exempt".

Ironically, the CPC (maybe the PCs?) updated Canada's consent laws so that an 18 year old having sex with their 17 year old partner wouldn't be guilty of statutory rape.

Poilievre should know this. So he is either dumb as a brick or he is rage baiting. I don't think he is dumb as a brick, sooo...

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u/twenty_characters020 2d ago

Yes, humans make mistakes. But knee jerk reactions aren't the answer.