Charter Of Rights Dept: Without Liberal support the Conservative s much vaunted Bill C-49 is effectively dead given the New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois have opposed it from the beginning, according to The Star. We feel very strongly that it is punishing the wrong people, it s punishing the victims, not the criminals, he said and oTTAWA The Liberals said Wednesday the Harper government s centrepiece law and order legislation targeting human smuggling violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We feel after much thought and reflection that this bill is in violation of the Charter. Mandatory detention for a year without judicial recourse or review is just not in the Canadian tradition, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff told reporters. As
reported in the news.
@t bloc quebecois, judicial recourse
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