Consideration of both societal interests and individual rights within s. 7 is necessary because “[t]he principles of fundamental justice are concerned not only with the interest of the person who claims his liberty has been limited, but with the protection of society. Fundamental justice requires that a fair balance be struck between these interests, both substantively and procedurally” (per McLachlin J. (as she then was) in Cunningham v. Canada, 1993 CanLII 139 (SCC), [1993] 2 S.C.R. 143, at pp. 151-52).
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