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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Here's some commentary from Pete Carver the chair of constitutional studies at the UofA. Those criticizing Nenshi should consider this analysis before spouting off that he's a coward or that the charter doesnt guarantee the right to camp in a public park. It's a far more complicated issue than that and I'm positive he's consulted both city in-house and external counsel in coming to his decision.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/touch/s...tml?id=5677793 |
Thats fine and everything, but that shouldn't prevent the city from writing as many nit picking bylaw enforcement tickets as possible.
And I challenge the analysis in a way. They have a constitutional right to gather and protest, but they don't have a constitutional right to camp overnight.
To an extent I admire the fact that the city is allowing them to stay there at our sufferage, but where the city failed was that they didn't start to enforce bylaws until way after the fact.