Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

dependence that is unlike any linear relationship which lacks give and take in terms of ideas. It is because of the interplay that “we can begin to see the basis of power relations within society and the importance of values, such as equality and freedom” (Inwood, p.54). By playing a huge part in shaping Canada’s public administration, there is great importance assigned to the interplay and the key roles they bring into the institutions. The interplay of democracy and political culture allows…

to bearing and raising children. Women were dependent on men for money and support; they faced discrimination at work and in education as many opportunities were barred to them. Women have achieved a large amount of important human rights that have now become Canadian values today. The women's movement has challenged the conventional stereotype which portrayed a woman's “place” as in the home and many women now look…

we are all the same, some are better than others. This ideology is further supported by traders, travellers, and the media trying to enforce an unequal world. Human rights and equality are fundamental to our society, and the factors that support this should be accepted to a considerable extent. Our ideas of equality and natural rights stem from our uses of trade, travel, and media over the course of history in order to form a consensus of what should and should not be equitable. Although many…

would affect the woman’s mental, emotional, or physical health, she would be allowed an abortion. 1985 – Canada adopts the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section fifteen of the Charter was on equality rights, and homosexuality fell under that category. It was introduced in 1982, but it wasn’t put into effect until 1985. It stated that homosexual peoples had the same rights as everyone else, has it was part of…

child pornography could be kept for private use as a legal exception to the statue. For cases of child pornography, the courts tend to look at the harm that could be caused from such videos. In Sharpe, section 2 of the charter of rights and freedoms is at stake. Section two of the charter contains...(cite). Holding and possessing such videos, allows people to express themselves in certain ways. In order for the broad child pornography definition to be constitutional, there must be some…

The Tsartlip Indian Band dispute & Provincial Wildlife Legislation. Summary Aboriginal rights and particularly those assigned by treaties have many times collided with other bodies of law. Aboriginal persons also have much experience of legal and judicial matters decided with inadequate knowledge of their legal particularities or in other ways that act against Aboriginal interests and entitlements. The dispute to which this paper refers offers an anomaly in a case decided in 2006 by…

On July 26 1983 three Americans were driving back from Canada to their homes in the State of Michigan. As the three individuals approached the International Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, another vehicle cut in front of them and forced them to stop. The driver and passenger of the vehicle got out of the vehicle and came over to the American’s car. The driver of the car punched one of the Americans while his passenger slashed all three with a knife. One victim had to be hospitalized because of the…

According to Ontario Human Rights Code, Code 13 Announced intention to discriminate noted that “A right under Part I is infringed by a person who publishes or displays before the public or causes the publication or display before the public of any notice, sign, symbol, emblem, or other similar representation that indicates the intention of the person to infringe a right under Part I or that is intended by the person to incite the infringement of a right under Part I.” (Code 13.1) There are a…

Recently, there has been a trend in keeping people who are accused in remands. The accused are more likely to be denied bail. It is a form of keeping our community safe from the accused. However, may not be beneficial for the person being accused. Many of us may think that keeping people who have committed crimes in remand is good and that our community is becoming a better place to leave in. But most crimes that arouse police officers are pity crimes. Nonetheless, they are still crimes. Yet,…

In the summer of 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 7-0 that Health Canada had no right to restrict patients to only dried medical marijuana that can be smoked to treat various conditions. The Court’s decision allows “individuals authorized to possess marijuana under the MMPR and those falling under the terms of a court injunction (for example, Allard injunction) may now possess marijuana derivatives for their own use‎.” Source: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=997359&tp=980 Under…