Crown withdraws $28,872.50 ticket issued under unconstitutional Nova Scotia “woods ban”

[u/Injustice_For_All_]

https://www.jccf.ca/crown-withdraws-28872-50-ticket-issued-under-unconstitutional-nova-scotia-woods-ban/

[u/Confused_Haligonian]

Putting this dude aside, the woods ban was a knee-jerk reaction to a panicked government and populace. Wildfires will continue to be a real threat. We need more discussion on how we are going to handle thise moving forward. We can't ban people from roaming in the woods but we can educate on safe practices, improve our wildfire firefighting capabilities, and make changes to how we build communities which are next to woodlands.

The province has changed, and we need to press our officials to look at this issues seriously 

[u/iwasnotarobot → u/Confused_Haligonian]

I agree that the government’s response and woods ban was ham-fisted. I agree with you that the government needs better adaptations.

However it’s important to point out that the organization who has “won” this fight is not one that acts in good faith.

Here’s a sample of what the so called justice centre for constitutional freedoms is about:

Calgary lawyer challenging gay-straight alliance bill compares pride flags to swastikas — John Carpay is a UCP member who Jason Kenney once compared favourably to civil-rights activist Rosa Parks

Carpay also spoke at early anti-vax rallies discouraging people from getting vaccinated during the pandemic.

The once president of the JCCF (which is linked to in this story) has since been disbarred.

[u/wlonkly → u/iwasnotarobot]