Dear Editor,
Re: “We need to hear from everyone,” Letters, Oct. 7
As I write this letter 28,239 Canadians and 713,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.
Why have they died when there are vaccines? They died because they largely refused to take a vaccine due to misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Many people in Canada believe that rights and freedoms are 100 per cent guaranteed in Canada, and this is clearly a misreading and misinterpretation of Canada’s Constitution.
Please refer to the “Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms” produced by the Federal Government of Canada which clearly states that Charter rights are not absolute.
Please also refer to Section 1 which states “Guarantee of Rights and Freedoms 1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”
Somehow, I do not think that producing and disseminating misinformation and conspiracy theories about lifesaving vaccines is “demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”
Alvin Lee
RICHMOND
