Our justice system tries to punish those responsible for crimes after the crimes have been committed.

But in the 2002 Tom Cruise movie “Minority Report” the authoritarian government apprehends people under a “pre-crime” program, in which clairvoyants claim foreknowledge of their criminal activity.

Now science fiction may become a reality in Canada.

A federal court found in January the Trudeau admin. unconstitutionally used a state of emergency order to freeze the bank accounts of 2022 COVID lockdown protestors.

It has now proposed a law giving judges the power to put someone under house arrest if they fear they could commit a hate crime in the future.

Under this proposal, anyone who is feared to be a danger to minority groups could have their internet use restricted and be required to wear an electronic tag.

Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative opposition leader, is aghast at the proposal. He warned it “risks misuse or overuse by police, and unfairness to accused persons in court”.

It used to be you had a presumption of innocence. But under this law, innocent until proven guilty has morphed into guilty before you’ve even committed a crime.

If this dangerous law to prevent “hate crimes,” holds up, we can practically guarantee America’s “woke” progressives will be seeing to import it to the United States in short order.