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Originally Posted by SebC
Correct me if this is an unfair characterisation, but isn't the Sovereignty act basically the Emergency act on steroids?
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Sort of.
It appears to allow Cabinet the ability to modify legislation without the consent of the legislature around areas with the legislature has identified there could be potential problems.
It can’t suspend rights like the EA can
An extreme example would be if the legislature found the criminal code to be over reaching it could pass a resolution saying it was. This could be because they think the enforcement of federal drug laws is to harsh. This would give cabinet the power to direct municipal police forces to not enforce the criminal code. Then the Cabinet could order the municipal police forces not to investigate any crimes for one night only and the we have the purge.
Although the RCMP likely good investigate I’m the city at that point but I don’t know the extent of their jurisdiction
I realize this is an absurd application as you could do the same thing through the legislature but at least in that case the specific action would be debated. All of the things in this act could be passed as required through the legislature this just removes that requirement because ???
I realize the example is absurd but I think would be legal