Premier Doug Ford has made a cold calculation — that Ontario voters hate politicians more than they love the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is gambling that Ontario voters see Charter rights in the same way they view an abundance of city councillors — as excess, expensive baggage on an efficient ship of state, Susan Delacourt writes. So who is going to be the next premier to find the Charter inconvenient? While Canadians don’t embrace their constitutional rights with the fervor of Americans, they have shown a real attachment to the Charter of Rights. A full 93 per cent of respondents to the survey said the Charter was the most important symbol of Canada.

Source: thestar September 10, 2018 22:41 UTC