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Judges Can't Define Facts: Canada's Legal Crisis
B.C. Supreme Court ruled drug dealers' 'compassion club' claims violate Charter rights.
In brief
B.C. Supreme Court ruled drug dealers' 'compassion club' claims violate Charter rights. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ruled Drug User Liberation Front's drug sales violate Charter rights despite claiming to be a 'compassion club'. Originally reported by Nationalpost.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice
Catherine Murray ruled Drug User Liberation Front's drug sales violate Charter rights despite claiming to be a compassion club.
“Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) are by any dictionary definition, and, police allege, by the criminal definition, drug dealers”
Section 5(2) of Controlled Drugs Act
Murray found Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act violates Section 7 and Section 15 of the Charter.
“no person shall, for the purpose of trafficking, possess (a listed prohibited) substance”
DULF's 'Compassion Club' Claim
DULF claims they screen out riff-raff and are not profit-driven drug dealers.
“They screen out the riff-raff, apparently”
Murray's Ruling Impact
Murray's 22,000-word ruling challenges Canadian government's ability to ban drug distribution without Charter violations.
“It is unreasonable to ask or expect that your average Canadian would read Murray’s 22,000-word court ruling”
Legal Crisis Deepens
Murray's ruling shows judges cannot distinguish between legal facts and criminal activity.
“If judges now can't even tell what a 'fact' is, we're cooked”
Here's the gist
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ruled Drug User Liberation Front's drug sales violate Charter rights despite claiming to be a 'compassion club'.
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