*sighs* at another person who has presumably graduated high school with less than stellar results
No the Constitution has nothing to do with your presumption of innocence and furthermore does not grant you any of the rights you mistakenly attribute to it
You have confused our Constitution with our Charter of Rights & Freedoms
Although I am equally stupid for even engaging in an argument that is so ridiculously absurd, I lack the discipline not to!
Sooo.... the very first line, the very first paragraph, "
Part 1" of our Constitution
is the "
CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS"
And, one of the "rights" you say she mistakenly attributed to it, "presumption of innocence" is specifically granted in Section 11 (d)
In case you want to actually read what you are talking about here it is, cut and pasted from the Government of Canada's website:
[h=1]
CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 (80)[/h][h=1]PART I[/h][h=1]CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS[/h] Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law:
[h=2]Guarantee of Rights and Freedoms[/h][h=6]Marginal note:Rights and freedoms in Canada[/h]
1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
[h=2][/h][h=2]Legal Rights[/h][h=6]Marginal note:Life, liberty and security of person[/h]
7. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.
[h=6]Marginal note:Search or seizure[/h]
8. Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.
[h=6]Marginal note
etention or imprisonment[/h]
9. Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.
[h=6]Marginal note:Arrest or detention[/h]
10. Everyone has the right on arrest or detention
- (a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefor;
- (b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and
- (c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful.
[h=6]Marginal note
roceedings in criminal and penal matters[/h]
11. Any person charged with an offence has the right
- (a) to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence;
- (b) to be tried within a reasonable time;
- (c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offence;
- (d) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal;
This is just as funny as original post I lampooned
Our Constitution is WRITTEN genius
Yes courts will make interpretations, but they certainly will not introduce a precedent that is not mentioned anywhere in the document
The rest of your post is nonsense and shows you have no clue what is actually written there so not much point in arguing with you
But there are no "rights" defined anywhere in it (to the contrary it sets out things like principles of government and branches of government)
LOL! The TITLE of the Charter of RIGHTS and Freedoms uses the word "right" or "rights" in just about every sentence!
They were bamboozled by his defense team but the prosecution I think also screwed up.
