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Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
It officially came into effect in 1867, though most Canadians did not know it existed. In 1982, a new Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect. The following rights were stated by this: -Fundamental freedoms (Freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief, opinion, expression, peaceful assembly and association) -Mobility Rights (The right to live and work in any province) -Legal Rights (The right to not be detained without good reason, the right to be informed of reasons for arrest, the right to a lawyer without delay, protection against unjust imprisonment, the right to be innocent into proven guilty, the right to not be subjected to cruel and unusual treatment or punishment) -Equality Rights (The right to equal treatment and protection from discrimination) -Language Rights (The right to access the Government of Canada in English and French -Minority Language Rights (The right to education in English or French if there are enough students) -Aboriginal Rights (The recognition of Aboriginal peoples and treaty rights) -Rights for Canadian Citizens (the right to vote, leave a country and return regardless of spent time) |
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Bill 101 |
Bill 101 officially made Quebec a unilangual province. This arose hostility on Quebec Anglophones and immigrants; 100 000 of these people were believed to leave Quebec in the first four years of this law's existance It also disappointed English speaking bilingualism supporters outside of Quebec |
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Social Welfare Safety Net |
In 1966, the Canada Pension Plan was put into place. 1968 brought national medicare, which made medical fees paid by federal and provincial governments rather than patients. The 1970s increased unemployment insurance payments, pensions, and family allowances 1992 replaced family allowances with extra income payments for working families |
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OPEC |
In 1973, Arab countries thought they were paid too little for a barrel of oil, and created the Organization of Patroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which raised oil prices. Inflation had risen 10 percent on Canada by 1974. In response, the Conservative opposition proposed wage and price freezes to stop inflation, though the Liberals and NDP had different ideas. The plan was to tax oil exported from Canada, use those funds to pay for the cost of OPEC oil, and freeze the price of their oil at much lower than the OPEC oil. This would partially protect Canada from the full OPEC price, lowering inflation. |
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NEP |
The Liberal government wanted to reduce Canada's dependence on imported oil. Because of vast oil and natural gas reserves, Canada had the ability to become self sufficient in regards to energy. The plan for energy was labelled the Nationial Energy Program (NEP), and secure Canada from foreign oil price hikes. The NEP also wanted to Canadianize the oil industry in Canada, as most was owned by America. However, the NEP was massive and complicated, being stopped by one error. Alberta didn't approve of Ottawa's rising oil revenues, and sided with American oil conpanies. After working it out with Ottawa, the NEP seemed stable. The fatal blow dealt to the NEP was caused by a riding need to find new sources in the Arctic, which proved risky and expensive. After oil falling in price, oil companies discontinued these risky and costly explorations, which made the NEP crumble. |
