This limitation on rights has been used in the last twenty years since 1982 when the Charter was adopted to prevent a variety of objectionable conduct such as hate speech and obscenity. It has and can be been used to protect the unreasonable interference of government in the lives of people in a free and democratic society.
See Oakes test for the judicial analysis that is undetaken if a law is contested under this clause.
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