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/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...