I want to point out when it comes to other elements in the Criminal Code, when it speaks to “obstruct”, in this case when you look at subsection 5, where it says “could produce serious adverse economic effects”, this “could” is very large. It could encompass, for example, the fact that I'm standing in front of a post office and am stopping someone from being able to get into the post office immediately, and not five minutes from now, and preventing them from picking up their cheque from their post office box. This strikes me as a very large and very broad opening. I don't think we see that opening anywhere else in the Criminal Code. I think the Criminal Code is usually a lot clearer and more stringent because we are talking about criminal, penal consequences, not just civil liability.
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