The Charter guarantees rights and freedoms subject to what?

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Rights and freedoms are protected, but not without limits. The Charter allows reasonable limits on those rights when they are prescribed by law and can be demonstrated to be justified in a free and democratic society. This balance lets society protect safety, public order, or the rights of others while preserving core freedoms. The limits must be grounded in law and subject to constitutional scrutiny, rather than being at the government’s sole discretion. That’s why the correct choice is the idea of reasonable limits prescribed by law. The other options imply absolute protection, wartime-only applicability, or government-only approval, which aren’t how the Charter operates.