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COVID has made people’s civil liberties on paper ‘meaningless effectively in the real world.’
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – Top constitutional lawyers say the Canadian federal government’s much-maligned ArriveCAN travel app violates one’s constitutional rights, adding that people’s civil liberties on paper have been rendered ‘meaningless effectively in the real world” because of COVID.
“(ArriveCAN) it’s a violation of Section 6, sub one (of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms), which is the right to leave or enter the country,” Alberta-based civil liberties lawyer James Kitchen told LifeSiteNews.
“There is very little case law on this. The Charter is relatively young in history, it’s only 40 years old, and during those 40 years we have not had a lot of authoritarian governments with widespread liberty violations until the last few years.”
Kitchen continued, saying, “So, it has never been really tested, a lot of those rights have not really come up yet in court.”
ArriveCAN was launched in April 2020 by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and made mandatory in November 2020.
“If you don’t submit your travel information and proof of vaccination using ArriveCAN, you could be fined $5,000,” the government says.
As it stands now, all travelers arriving in Canada must use the ArriveCAN app to submit their travel and contact information, as well as any COVID vaccination details, before crossing the border or boarding a flight.
Kitchen, who has been fighting COVID-related cases for some time now for his client base, noted that in his opinion, mandating the use of ArriveCAN with the threat of a fine for non-compliance means it does violate one’s entry rights.
“I would say, right there, the fact that if you don’t do this thing, we are going to fine you for doing this, is obviously a violation of your rights of entry,” Kitchen told LifeSiteNews.
He noted how if one is told that if they don’t submit their medical information, “you’re going to be fined $6,000 when you exercise your right to enter the country, what that effect is the penalization for exercising the right.”
“If you’re penalized for exercising the right then it’s a violation of the right, it’s the same legal effect,” Kitchen noted.
Section 6, or “Mobility Rights” of Canada’s Charter states, “Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.”
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