Inside Policy Talks
Mark Mancini and Asher Honickman: How judges became policymakers
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In 1985, a Supreme Court of Canada decision (B.C. Motor Vehicles) about driving with a suspended licence helped transform Section 7 of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms into a powerful tool of judicial review. But did the Court decision go too far?
Section 7 protects life, liberty, and security of the person, but says these rights may only be limited in accordance with the “principles of…