Canada rules that flipping the middle finger is a 'God-given' right.
The gesture is considered rude, offensive and inappropriate but one thing it is not — at least under Canadian law — is illegal.
A Canadian judge ruled last month that giving someone the finger is protected under the country's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian," Judge Dennis Galiatsatos wrote in the Feb. 24 ruling.
The legality of a raised middle finger was questioned after two neighbors from a Montreal suburb got into a heated exchange in May 2021.
Naccache accused Epstein of startling him and making vulgar gestures, like a raised middle finger and a throat-slitting motion.
However, the police department and the 9-1-1 dispatching service have more important priorities to address," he wrote. »
