Post by Daniel J. Touchette, MBA

Canada | Rights and Freedoms? Over‑Regulation: The Cage We Built Ourselves I put it to you that no prudent, attentive driver can navigate the heart of any Canadian city for more than ten minutes without committing at least a dozen technical infractions. And yet, our roads are no safer for this hyper‑regulation. Consider the humble act of stopping for your morning coffee. Before you even step out, you must ensure: doors locked, windows fully closed, no valuables in sight, both wheels within 30 cm of the curb, more than five metres from the corner, registration and licence left inside?, keys removed, wheels turned toward the kerb, lights off. On the pavement, you must walk with the flow of traffic. At a green light, you are expected to quicken your pace — failure to do so is technically an offence. Cross only at intersections. And heaven forbid you step on the grass. Ignorantia juris non excusat — nobody is presumed to ignore the law. Yet the list of such petty regulations runs into the hundreds. We pay them no mind — until an officer, exercising discretion on a given day, decides otherwise — Do you drive wearing summer sandals? When virtually every routine daily use of a vehicle—or even simply walking—produces dozens of infractions in under an hour, the only discernible avenue left for law enforcement is selective partiality — not justice The law expects perfection. The reality is selective enforcement — When the law forgets its purpose.. Perhaps they dislike the colour of your skin. Perhaps your car is too luxurious. Perhaps they took umbrage at your glance — or your failure to glance at all.. or a single sharp retort that pricks their pride. These moon‑drawn rules are often born from police requests. One might ask why they are so eagerly granted — and what groups with such concentrated power truly desire. We do not leave a toddler alone in a room with fragile objects and dangerous chemicals. We child‑proof the environment. We control what is within reach. It is high time we did the same with policing — removing from their hands anything that can be turned against the well‑being of citizens and the commonsense fabric of society. The executive, plainly, is failing in its parental duty. https://lnkd.in/ez5qaGM6 —

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