QOSHE - Lorne Gunter: Activist federal judges rewrite Canadian Charter, endanger property ownership Many readers will be aware of a recent spate of activist rulings from federal judges in Canada, like the July ruling by a Toronto judge that there exists a heretofore unknown Charter right to bike lanes. Justice Paul Schabas created this right out of thin air because he wanted to prevent Ontario’s Conservative government from ordering the removal of bike lanes from major streets.