In Canada :
The Federal Court has upheld the Trudeau government’s hotel quarantine program as constitutional.
Chief Justice Paul Crampton released his decision in favour of the Trudeau government Friday, in a decision that said pandemics require “sacrifices,” even of constitutional freedoms….
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Federal Court rejects constitutional challenge to mandatory quarantine hotels
The Federal Court has upheld the Trudeau government’s hotel quarantine program as constitutional. Chief Justice Paul Crampton released his decision in favour of the Trudeau government Friday, in a decision that said pandemics require “sacrifices,” even of constitutional freedoms. In his decision, the judge explains that while mandatory quarantine hotels do violate the right to liberty and can be considered a form of detention, they are justified as preventing the spread of COVID-19 is in the national interest.
