On Twitter this morning Global News reporter Mackenzie Gray noted that PSAC, the federal union, “is calling on their members to keep escalating their actions” with efforts that include shutting down access to the Port of St. John’s, blocking access to the Canadian Forces base in Montreal, shutting down Sinclair Centre in Vancouver, and closing the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge, which provides access to thousands of vehicles and pedestrians entering Hamilton Harbour.
"This right necessarily includes the right to a certain degree of “disruptive” behaviour."
But, is it really a 'right'? It seems that law enforcement grant a degree of latitude to seemingly organized protest (try putting your own barricade on a railroad track), but isn't this just a subjectively practical application of the law?
You can't have both "your rights and freedoms end where mine begin" and a right to disrupt.
Disruption is at the core of protest and the right to peaceful assembly, but there are always limits
"This right necessarily includes the right to a certain degree of “disruptive” behaviour."
But, is it really a 'right'? It seems that law enforcement grant a degree of latitude to seemingly organized protest (try putting your own barricade on a railroad track), but isn't this just a subjectively practical application of the law?
You can't have both "your rights and freedoms end where mine begin" and a right to disrupt.