text: Jeff, Reality 77, and Joe Cool
  
  Of course you are leaving out the important fact that sometimes conveniently or for other reasons Parliament doesn't want to act on an issue. Takes assisted dying for instance. The court upheld the right that Parliament had granted to people by passing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court said individuals rights were being violated and then returned the issue to Parliament to decide how to proceed on it. It even gave the government extra time to come up with a law when a new government was elected.   It was Parliament that passed the law and set out the terms and conditions for establishing assisted dying in Canada. The Supreme Court interpreted the rights as it has been granted by the House of Commons and then the House of Commons passed the legislation.