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It was fitting for Pierre Poilievre to praise the legacy of Magna Carta at Runnymede on the River Thames during his tour of Great Britain.

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“After Magna Carta, no one, not even the king, was above the law,” said Poilievre in a video posted to social media. “Thus began the journey towards what we today call liberty under law, a journey that took several more centuries, a civil war, and a lot of evolution; a journey that is still not complete today, but one that started right here.”

Forced upon King John by rebellious English barons at Runnymede in 1215, Magna Carta compelled the monarch to confirm that his power was limited, and all men, including himself, were equal before the law. The great document contains passages that resonate to this day.

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“No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”

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