Former Chief Justice of Canadian Supreme Court says freedom is not unlimited and the Ottawa trucker convoy showed an ‘ugly side of freedom’
The Blaze: Former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin wrote an opinion piece in which she said freedom is not unlimited, and the trucker protest in Ottawa showed an “ugly side of freedom.”
“Freedom without limits slides imperceptibly into freedom to say and do what you want about people who don’t look like you or talk like you. Sadly, the Ottawa truckers’ convoy has revealed this ugly side of freedom,” McLachlin wrote.
The blockade in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa has been quashed, but protestors had been demonstrating in opposition to COVID-19 restrictions in the country.
McLachlin pointed to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which specifically notes that there can be limits to the freedoms it discusses.
Ok. Let’s follow the logic here. So the Supreme Court no longer has to protect freedom. It only has to protect beauty and punish ugly.
Um, you know what I find beautiful that should be protected?
You wanna’ know what I consider ugly?
