This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Give special protection to our civil liberties & freedoms at a time of crisis
We want a law that will list & protect our civil liberties & freedoms. Preventing government from infringing on them unless there are extraordinary circumstances and only as a last resort with sunset clauses requiring extension by parliament and continued extension by referendum.
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We believe that such a law will…
Protect our civil liberties and Freedoms as the ‘default position’ unless there is a democratic consensus to temporarily infringe on them.
And…
Encourage governments to influence our behaviours and activities through request, negotiation, reasoning, persuasion, sound argument, reward or encouragement before considering enforced laws.
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