What Canada can learn from Australia on adequately protecting citizens at live events

Relatively speaking, research suggests Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms hinders its security services from being able to detect and investigate terrorism-related offences given the greater importance placed on individual rights compared to Australia, where there is no such Charter equivalent.

Wow. Let's change the Charter to fight terrorism, everyone! We don't need guaranteed rights and freedoms, they just get in the way of keeping us safe!

Doing more risk assessment and planning to prevent this kind of thing doesn't require stripping citizens of their protection from government overreach. Sneaking this in there feels like someone astroturfing for Bill C-2.

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Relatively speaking, research suggests Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms hinders its security services from being able to detect and investigate terrorism-related offences given the greater importance placed on individual rights compared to Australia, where there is no such Charter equivalent.
Wow. Let's change the Charter to fight terrorism, everyone! We don't need guaranteed rights and freedoms, they just get in the way of keeping us safe!
Doing more risk assessment and planning to prevent this kind of thing doesn't require stripping citizens of their protection from government overreach. Sneaking this in there feels like someone astroturfing for Bill C-2.
Universally accessible mental healthcare?