I'm not seeing the connection between election signs on public property and freedom of speech. (I said before that I wouldn't be in favour of a ban anyway). Everyone would still have a right to campaign, vote, promote, preach, dissent, etc. the candidates. We just wouldn't have public property used for signage.
If I put up a sign along a busy road promoting my beliefs (or business, of course), outside of election time, it would run afoul of the sign bylaw. Was my freedom of speech infringed upon? Is the bylaw unconstitutional then?
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