hanson
Clearly you admire the Charter. The Charter has some undesirable characteristics  which I think that Canadians should know about. The Canadian public were barred from appearing before the legislative committee examining the Charter. Appearance was by invitation only, which seemed strange since Pierre Trudeau was the sponsor and he said that the Charter was for Canadians. Ironically, there is no penalty for violating the Charter. However, if police violate the Charter arresting a suspect, which they have, they are not penalized. Just the prisoner and the police go free. The prisoner can apply to another court for a remedy but such an application is unlikely to be made by the prisoner who has been set free.

The Charter is not an admirable bit of legislation, but the media has made it so.  Reminds me of Canada health care. The media made it tops as well.