Findings by a British Columbia inquiry into the vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in April show Canadian authorities have a lot of work to do to make public events safer for citizens.
  • bitwise@lemmy.ca
    15·
    24 days ago

    Relatively speaking, research suggests Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms hinders its security services from being able to detect and investigate terrorism-related offences given the greater importance placed on individual rights compared to Australia, where there is no such Charter equivalent.

    Wow. Let’s change the Charter to fight terrorism, everyone! We don’t need guaranteed rights and freedoms, they just get in the way of keeping us safe!

    Doing more risk assessment and planning to prevent this kind of thing doesn’t require stripping citizens of their protection from government overreach. Sneaking this in there feels like someone astroturfing for Bill C-2.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        23 days ago

        bollards for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users

        When my city does any street festival, they block vehicle access to the pedestrian area by temporarily deploying a bunch of large concrete lock blocks

        Seems like that may not have happened in the BC example the article cites.