You really shouldn't be surprised about Canada, of all places, doing stuff like that. I mean, we're talking about a country which, when it wrote its equivalent of the Bill of Rights, had to add a clause to it that basically allows state governments to nullify it pretty much whenever they wish, so long as they explicitly say that they do so:
And if you look further back, one could argue that the Canadian equivalent of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" is "peace, order, and good government":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Cha...
And if you look further back, one could argue that the Canadian equivalent of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" is "peace, order, and good government":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace,_order,_and_good_governm...