Section 7 protects the right to life, liberty and security of the person except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.

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Section 7 protects life, liberty and security of the person, but only to the extent that any limitation is in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. In other words, these rights are not absolute—government actions that restrict them must respect fair process and fair substance as defined by fundamental justice. Proportionality is a test used to assess rights limits under section 1, not the qualifier for section 7 itself. Natural justice and due process relate to fairness, but the Charter sentence here explicitly uses “the principles of fundamental justice” as the standard. So the best framing is that any limitation on these rights must be in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.