Canada’s Charter guarantees mobility rights – rights that are designed to ensure that individuals can move around the country and earn a livelihood wherever they may choose. CCLA has stood up against arbitrary or overbroad restrictions on mobility – ensuring that when this crucial right is threatened, governments must establish a compelling reason based in evidence.
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Bill 38 gives “inspectors” – as defined by the Minister – the ability to conduct warrantless searches and gives the police the right to remove individuals to a point of entry, such as an airport or ferry terminal. The province has also used a Special Measure to ban non-residents from entering the province, with limited exceptions. This amounts to a Newfoundland “travel ban”, as well as essentially legalizing banishment. We think this is unconstitutional.
