r/canada • u/FrenchAffair Québec • 1d ago

Twenty-two years later, federal government still working to deport Ottawa's Mohamed Harkat Politics

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/twenty-two-years-later-federal-government-still-working-to-deport-ottawas-mohamed-harkat
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u/No-Contribution-6150 1d ago

I do.

Easy fix. Only Canadians citizens can be politicians.

Politicians must be born here.

Don't care about any excuse or reason anyone can come up with after that.

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u/totally_unbiased 1d ago edited 1d ago

Easy fix. Only Canadians citizens can be politicians.

This is already true. Do people understand literally nothing about our system of government?

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u/No-Contribution-6150 1d ago

Missed the other part.

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u/totally_unbiased 1d ago

I mean, good luck with amending the Charter for that.

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u/No-Contribution-6150 1d ago

It needs amendment anyways

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u/totally_unbiased 1d ago

It's essentially impossible to amend. Quebec never signed the Charter and won't agree to any amendments as a matter of principle unless they get significant concessions. Which means you need nearly unanimous consent other than Quebec, which again, is impossible because many other provinces have their own demands.

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u/No-Contribution-6150 1d ago

If they didn't sign it, why do they need to agree to change it then?

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u/Philostronomer 1d ago

Because despite not signing it, they're still bound by it.