Post #1197703
2025-03-20 23:32 UTC
@teledyn @RoyBrander @dkmackinnon So you could say that the Senate killed the bill - but only passively aggressively. The upshot? As I understand it, in Alberta - and in Ontario - Canada Border Services can't search devices. In other parts of the country, they can. It's absurd. But as we see these stories from the US, I feel more than ever that the independent Senate did the right thing.
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@ECityMom@mstdn.ca 2025-03-21 00:16
@Paulatics @teledyn @RoyBrander @dkmackinnon That's interesting. I'm trying to recall from my con law studies, but brain fog is getting in the way. If it were a SCC decision, there is no question that the section(s) in question would be "read out" of the Act, nationally. But since this was an ABCA decision, I don't remember the effect. It's still federal legislation, and it doesn't make sense for it to be applied differently across the country. 1/