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Laws regulating protests in Canada give the police a lot of discretion in deciding, first, what assemblies are peaceful, and second, when peaceful protests are not allowed.
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There is no absolute freedom of assembly in Canada. First, the Charter itself limits it by guaranteeing only "peaceful" assembly. That's why the government can restrict certain kinds of assembly that it considers not peaceful. Such restrictions do not infringe on the Charter freedom of assembly unless the courts disagree with the government's interpretation of what's "peaceful."
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Seems there was someone who said how a country (specifically Saudi Arabia) abided by its laws wasn't our business. He didn't care of human rights abuses because it's Saudi law and the people should just shut up and take it. (Paraphrasing, of course.)
Canada is actually a free country with elected representatives and its citizen's votes actually matter; whereas Saudi Arabia is a monarchy with no power for the people.
So, why the concern over this issue? After all, it's Canadian law and the people there are able to change it if they don't like it.