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David Schneiderman

David Schneiderman

Professor of Law

Aug 5, 2026

15:43
How does this law limit the freedom to protest, and what requirements does the state need to meet in order to impose those limits?
15:52
As I mentioned, the Section 1 analysis invites courts to weigh government or public interests or harms to, uh, private individuals.
16:02
But Aswini said something interesting about, and I think really insightful about the state and how we might view the state and its role, preferring some forms of expression over others.
16:13
So the G20, which you've, you've mentioned, Cheryl, is a really nice example of that, where it wasn't the breaking of windows that warranted a massive police presence.
16:24
Rather, it was the fact that it was a G20 meeting and the expectation that there would be protests.
16:29
There were some twenty thousand police in attendance in the City of Toronto.
16:34
I recall in particular somebody capturing on their cell phone conversation with a police officer who said, "The charter doesn't apply here." So that was the mindset of the police who were trying to deter anyone from being anywhere near, uh, the, uh, you know, downtown Toronto was being closed down.

9 MINS LATER

26:03
I guess the, the last question I really want to ask you is about what you see as the future of protest in Canada, and, and where do you think the courts will go, um, David, and where do you think, Aswini, some of the, the issues that are the current issues of today might go? Either one of you, jump right in.

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