That might be a tad over-dramatic.

Section 3's right to vote is one of those "most lofty principles our nation adheres to" and yet many people agreed with the Court's use of section 1 to save the law denying the vote to Canadians 5 years out of the country.  I'm not one of those who agreed, but still don't think of it as "a human rights death spiral."  Nor would this one be.