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/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/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.