Quebec’s Ottawa-Gatineau checkpoints ‘added anxiety’ for constituents, says MP, as experts question legality
'There is a propensity to read, on the part of some, the rights like mobility rights in the Charter in a very black and white, simplistic fashion, and that’s not necessarily the case,' says Radha Persaud, a public policy professor at York University’s Glendon campus.
The Quebec government’s decision to set up checkpoints along the Ottawa-Gatineau border may raise eyebrows and constitutional questions as it limits Canadians’ mobility rights, experts say, but the ultimate test in court could be whether such a measure is reasonabl...
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