{"id":34494,"date":"2026-02-27T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?post_type=runnymede-events&#038;p=34494"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:48:10","slug":"pavement-politics-the-charter-who-really-rules-the-road","status":"publish","type":"runnymede-events","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/runnymede-events\/pavement-politics-the-charter-who-really-rules-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavement Politics &#038; the Charter: Who Really Rules the Road?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please join the Runnymede Society\u2019s Queen\u2019s University Chapter for a panel discussion on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cycle Toronto et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario et al., 2025 ONSC 4397<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Professor Mark Walters (Queen\u2019s University) and Professor Jamie Cameron (Osgoode Hall Law School), on Thursday, March 12th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This panel will examine the Ontario Superior Court of Justice\u2019s decision striking down the province\u2019s plan to remove protected bike lanes in Toronto. The discussion will focus on the scope and limits of section 7 of the Charter, including whether the ruling signals an expansion of the state\u2019s positive obligations to protect life and security of the person. The speakers will also consider the decision\u2019s implications for judicial deference and the role of courts in contested areas of public policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/bCNjAZdDRa9xGN7X7\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":34495,"template":"","event_organizers":[130],"event_venues":[302],"library-theme":[303,133],"class_list":["post-34494","runnymede-events","type-runnymede-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_organizers-runnymede-society","event_venues-queens-university-moot-court-room","library-theme-bike-lanes","library-theme-section-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/runnymede-events\/34494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/runnymede-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/runnymede-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_organizers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_organizers?post=34494"},{"taxonomy":"event_venues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_venues?post=34494"},{"taxonomy":"library-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-theme?post=34494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}