<p data-async="">Was the Charter of Rights and Freedoms a mistake? National Post columnist Carson Jerema <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;thinks so&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-the-charter-was-a-mistake&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-the-charter-was-a-mistake" target="_blank">thinks so</a>. Writing in these pages last week, he argued that the Charter was a massive gift of power to the judiciary that allowed the august benches of the Supreme Court to replace our emasculated political chambers. Why bother with Parliament, when the real power is just a short walk down Wellington Street?</p>

The more the public perceives that judging is finger-in-the-wind preaching, the less legitimate the Charter will appear{ai:summary}<p>National Post columnist Carson Jerema argues the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was a mistake, a gift of power to the judiciary that let the Supreme Court replace Parliament. He says the real power sits on Wellington Street. #politics</p>

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