Canadian Bill of Rights

The current usage does not betray its original sense in a problematic way in the phrase because when someone is called a “new Canadian” they are what the phrase says, new to Canada. Outside this phrase, it betrays it in a problematic way because being a “new Canadian” can mean something totally different to one person then the next as stated above. This is not ungrammatical because it follows the rules and grammar of the English language and has become a well-known phrase throughout Canada and…

Introduction Within the Canadian criminal justice system, the concept of due process maintains fairness and equality for everyone involved. All accused parties are given the ability to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, therefore, the onus is placed upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is indeed guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Since the introduction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of the Constitution Act, 1982, the rights for the accused have increased…

The entrenchment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and its relation to democracy in Canada has been at the core of many debates throughout the years. A democratic government is one that allows the people to have a direct hand in what goes on in their country and some believe that entrenching the charter of rights in the constitution is a violation of the principles of this democracy. Although the charter of rights is entrenched, the charter of rights is very abstract in its rules and allows for…

Canadian Citizen speech Hello class. Guess which country invented Basketball, Maple Syrup, peanut butter, and even superman? It’s Canada. As Jane Fonda said,” When I am in Canada, this is what the world should be like” and I totally agree with Jane Fonda. Today, I’ll be talking about how I feel as a Canadian Citizen, why my parents moved to Canada, and how I appreciate Canada and the fact that I am living here. I feel great to be a Canadian Citizen because we have our rights. The rights of…

recent years, spanking and use of physical discipline towards a child has not only been a hotly debated issue in parenting but in Canadian politics and law as well. For centuries physical acts such as spanking, slapping and grabbing have been popular ways to discipline children, but does that mean such abuse should be justified? Amidst numerous recognition of the rights of children by advocates and the government to monumental societal changes regarding parental discipline, correctional violence…

In schools, students are taught about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Students are taught about what rights these documents give you, but do not talk about the things that violate them. Human trafficking violates both of these documents, as it using people as currency. As of 2005 (Roots, 1) in the Criminal Code of Canada, under section 279.01 to sections 279.04, it is stated that six offences in the criminal code specifically…

place, there were no rights or freedoms for man and there was monarchical regime. Even, post-French Revolution, the condition for the citizens weren’t favourable because the king was executed by the Guillotine, leaving no form of government in power. Either way, the French Revolution was an era of chaos because no political or economic system was maintained and concretely established. However, one of the advantageous aspects of the French Revolution was the emergence of the Rights of Man, which…

Introduction In Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is considered to be one of the fundamentals of this nation. In the text below, I will argue that the Charter has indeed strengthened democracy in this nation by illustrating five points. I fully agree with Larry Diamond, a political scientist, on his point of view of democratic system. He believes that it should include active participation of all citizens by making a law that protects and applies to the population equally. What is…

The role of the judiciary is to administer justice to all citizens and it comprises of courts that take decisions on a very large number of cases. Judicial independence is the keystone of Canadian judiciary. That is the reason, the judiciary is an independent from other branches of government, the executive and legislative. The main role of a judge is to interpret laws. Judicial independence means that, the other organs of the government must not restrain the functioning and should not interfere…

freedom that Pakistani culture and Canadian culture people have in their lives. This is the biggest difference that I have witnessed since I came to Canada. There are numerous cultural differences between Canadians and Pakistanis. I migrated form Pakistan to Canada and the biggest difference that I have noticed myself was the amount independence that Canadians have compared to the Pakistanis. To begin with, the idea of independence in the true form exists in Canadian culture as independence in…