Canada is known around the world as a country that values human rights and protects individual freedoms. It is peculiar, then, that as Canadians we have no guaranteed protection of our property rights in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Wait, what was that?
That's right, unlike our American neighbours and most other industrialized countries, Canadians enjoy no such protections.
Indeed, as outlined in Canada's Constitution, it is our provinces who retain authority over property and civil matters. Unsuprisingly, certain provinces have resisted the inclusion of property rights in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982. It is even less surprising that, provided with this legal ambiguity, many provinces have been routinely restriciting and violating Canadians' property.
It is astounding to observe how many areas of legislation leave the door open to property seizure/violation. From Healthcare to Environmental legislation, due legal process is not respected - and it is time to do something about it.
