I wonder if the Hamilton Police have heard of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Particularly:
Section 2(b): freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression.
Section 2(c): freedom of peaceful assembly.
If citizens are lawfully gathering, talking to one another, expressing political views, and engaging with their fellow citizens, that is not something for the police to be “policing”.
And when police solicit tips from the public about citizens engaged in otherwise lawful political expression and peaceful gathering, we should be asking some very serious questions.
The role of police is to enforce the law, not to discourage lawful democratic participation.
A free society requires citizens who are free to speak, gather, disagree and participate without being treated like suspects for doing so.
Police activity that chills lawful expression or peaceful assembly has no place in a “free and democratic society.”
These freedoms only mean something if we are willing to defend them when they are being tested.
We must call this out.
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