Peckford says COVID restrictions violate Charter of Rights he helped draft, but leading constitutional lawyer disagrees
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Brian Peckford, who helped write the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is the last surviving first minister involved in drafting the defining document in 1982, says the federal government’s COVID-19 measures and the now-revoked Emergencies Act violate the Charter, […]
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Brian Peckford, who helped write the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is the last surviving first minister involved in drafting the defining document in 1982, says the federal government’s COVID-19 measures and the now-revoked Emergencies Act violate the Charter, but a leading constitutional lawyer disagrees.To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.Subscribe Now […] Source