Unfair doesn’t equal unconstitutional, and the judge who equated the two almost certainly got it wrong. So says Ontario’s top court, ruling Wednesday that when voters go to the polls in Toronto Oct. 22, they will do so in a 25-ward election. Some of them, and lawyers for the city, went to court earlier this month, saying the bill was unconstitutional. On Sept. 10, Ontario Superior Court Judge Edward Belobaba agreed with them, declaring that the province had “substantially interfered” with freedom of expression rights of both candidates and voters. But in a 13-page decision the high court said that “The question for the courts is not whether Bill 5 is unfair, but whether it is unconstitutional.

Source: National Post September 19, 2018 15:56 UTC