Protests Must Be Handled Under the Rule of Law, Not Politics by John Carpay
When dealing with protests, police and other government authorities should look only at the behaviour of the protesters, not the cause or issue they are protesting. Whether a particular protest is for Palestine, against lockdowns, for aboriginal rights, against abortion, for the environment, or against drag queens should be completely irrelevant. The law should be applied equally across the board: enforce existing laws against illegal behaviour, and do not interfere with legal behaviour.
Sadly, this simple and fair standard has been abandoned repeatedly by governments in the past four years. Since 2020, politicians, police, and Crown prosecutors have repudiated the rule of law, one of Canada’s most crucial constitutional principles.