Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canada has several anti-discrimination laws that are meant to protect all Canadians, the definition of which is meant to include Indigenous women. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, passed in 1982, gives all Canadian equal rights to life, liberty, and security of the person. And yet, the law fails to protect Indigenous women time and time again. According to the 2015 NWAC (Native Women’s Association of Canada)’s fact sheet on missing and murdered Indigenous women,…

attention brought to the issue differs on either side of the Canadian-American border . This paper will also focus on the sexual behaviors of women who are incarcerated , in particular corrections officer or employee sexual violence towards female inmates as well as touching on the reverse, inmate on corrections officer violence . The first journal I came across by Pardue, Arrigo and Murphy (2011) discusses and breaks down they types of…

A little background on Freedom of Speech in Canada that can relate to the Maclean’s and Mark Steyn comes from The Canadian Charter of right and freedoms it states, “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication” (Constitution Act, 1982). This piece of information is important to keep in mind while arguing as…

Capital Punishment The History of Capital Punishment in Canada British law was predominant in Canada until 1859, in which around 230 infractions, including the stealing of turnips, were punishable by death. Later in 1865, the law changed and only murder, treason and rape were considered capital offences. The first attempt to abolish this unusual punishment was taken in 1914 by parliamentarian Robert Bickerdike, stating strongly in the house "There is nothing, more degrading to society at large…

establish whether the individual has a rational state of mind. Philosophical theories of morality and rationality can be applied to an individual’s right to death with dignity. Ethical philosophers such as Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill, describe three separate moral beliefs that each propose a different view on an individual’s right to autonomy. Aristotle was against euthanasia, due to his theory of virtue ethics and aiming to achieve morally correctness. Immanuel Kant was not…

promise (international labour organisation). Some trafficked victims are forced by traffickers to make refugee claim in Canada, their documents will be seized and this gives the traffickers the power to threaten and have absolute control over them (Canadian council for refugees). The government of Canada is trying to stop this action of forced labour in the country. Sex slave is the exploitation of women and young lady within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced…

The United Nations created The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 giving a list of basic rights that every person should naturally have. Much like the Canadian Charter, the third section of the declaration set by the UN states that every person has the right to life, liberty and security (United Nations). Security of person involves the person’s safety and privacy. In the case of counter terrorism, the…

Assisted suicide inflicts death upon vulnerable lives, such as the elderly members of our families. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a powerful tool that allows judges to strike down laws that infringe upon our rights. It is this part of the constitution that a person used this year to claim that assisted suicide went against their right to “security of the person” under section 7 of the Charter and they won, striking down the law against assisted suicide (Stone). Henceforth, this political…

arguments of sanity of the victim, whether a person is in a right state of mind to make such type of request. A Canadian woman, Sue Rodriguez, suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that was denied with the grant of assisted death. She petitioned the Canadian Supreme Court for help to die if her life was intolerable, and she would be unable to kill herself without help. Her appeal was made under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it was turned down by a narrow margin. In the…

Viola Desmond was a job-opening civil rights activist and was a trailblazer for many generations to come. She opened the door for many minority groups, defending them with her bravery and resilience.This was how she worked towards giving them those opportunities and her journey through life. Viola Desmond was born on July 6th, 1914 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She lived there for the majority of her childhood and part of her adult life. She was into a large family, of 10 children. She…