Neither the Charter of Rights and Freedoms nor any of the international human rights treaties I've referred to in my presentations are, by any means, instruments that should be seen as somehow avenues of abuse. These are some of the most fundamental documents that exist within our legal system and the international legal system. All our laws should be enacted in ways to ensure that those norms will be fully protected at all times, even in difficult cases where we may have someone accused of a serious crime or security concerns. That's when those kinds of norms are the most tested, but it is not the time to shut them down.
On October 31st, 2012. See this statement in context.