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« on: April 15, 2020, 09:38:28 AM » |
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The right to protest is absolutely vital for our democracy and so there should be strong protections from a crackdown.
It does seem strange to allow someone to plan a protest in section 3 part 1 but potentially apply criminal penalties for engaging in it. I think that blocking traffic only really makes life more difficult for people trying to pay the bills and most of them aren't really specific to that road in the same way that a protest against pipeline construction or against the construction or demolition of buildings would be.
Despite my issues, I think that this bill is very much worth supporting because protests are important to democracy and I think that people should be protected from an authoritarian crackdown.
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