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  2020-10-19

  Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 travel ban decision to be appealed, Canadian Civil Liberties Association

  This article shows how hotly debated travel bans were in Canada. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association doesn't agree with a ruling that provinces or territories have a right to exclude Canadians from traveling.
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  2020-10-27

  Mandatory masks in compliance with Human Rights Act, according to New Brunswick Human Rights Commission

  In this document, the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission ruled that those unable to wear a mask due to age, mental disability, or physical disability were exempt.
• 2020-05-03

  Fears for after the lockdown

  I have become very fearful for what the future holds for a number of reasons. We are in a time of many uncertainties and truly do not know what the future holds. There are many implications about how society will be after all this is over. The first reason why I am fearful is if this is the new status quo. What I mean by that is, when there is a new virus that comes around, are we going to have to stop everything that we are doing and stay at home. Can we endure that multiple times as a country, because with just this our economy has skyrocketed downward and millions are without work. I am scared of a society that closes down everything and puts millions of people into hardship due to unemployment just because a new disease has arisen. What if this were to become a seasonal thing. Another thing I am very weary of is just how powerful the government has become in people’s day to day lives. I am hoping that after all this is over that the government’s power will retract to how it was, but I am not too sure it will. In my view of things, people in positions of power either try their best to keep the power that they already have or try to expand it. This is fearful because I do not want to live in a society where the government has major control on most civil liberties. Another reason I am fearful is the fact that people would be so willing to give up their freedoms as individuals for a false sense of security. People are so willing these days to just not question what is going on and just believe whatever they see in the news. It has gotten to the point where I feel like I can not speak my mind on certain things without being shut down instantly. I have been having long talks about this idea of trading our civil liberties for false sense of security. I keep saying “false” sense of security because in the real world you can never be truly safe. Security is not a fundamental human right so why would we be so willing to give up the rights that we are entitled to. I hope people will consider things like this in order to come out of this situation stronger.