Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Central to the separatist movement of the latter half of the twentieth century was the argument that Quebec needed to become an independent state in order to ensure the survival of the French language, uphold the integrity of Quebecois culture, and allow Quebec’s government to proficiently govern its own affairs. In the views of many, the fact that Quebec has managed to do these things in recent decades without sovereignty has diminished the need and legitimacy of calls for separation. In my…

person-in-the-environment and empowerment (Hick, 2010, p. 11). Social change is essential to social work practice because it eliminates inequality for women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and people with disabilities (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2015). Problem solving is what social workers use to identify their clients concerns and teach problem solving skills to allow their client to deal with potential problems on their own (Hick, 2010, p. 11).…

everyday settings. ARCH Disability Law Centre is a legal aid clinic that defends the rights of individuals with disabilities. ARCH (2008) defined discrimination as “being treated unfairly and differently because of your race, sex, marital status, place of origin, age or disability.” Harassment, a form discrimination, involves “actions, comments or insults that put you down or offend you” (ARCH, 2008). The Ontario Human Rights Code strives to protect individuals from discrimination and…

others that have been tried” meaning that democracy is the best form of government. Within a democracy, one can expect economic freedoms to pursue profits and better themselves through the free market, where as in authoritarian regimes, there is usually an absence or restriction of a free market. Also, democracies are fundamentally built on civil and political freedoms which authoritarian regimes, by contrast, restrict or abolish completely. Following the Democratic Peace Theory, one would…

There are two major fears/issues with the legalization of assisted suicide. The first is that the individual in question may not necessarily be in their right mind or understand fully what it is their asking for. The second is that assisted suicide and active euthanasia may open doors for non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. These fears are reflected in countless other countries. Canada’s belief…

Individuality or Conformity: Where Should Dress Codes Fall? On a particularly muggy spring day, a high school student decides to dress to keep cool in class. In choosing her outfit, she ensures that regions of privacy be appropriately covered. Upon her arrival to school however, she is called aside by an administrative staff member. Her shorts aren’t fingertip length, her top has straps that are less than the one-inch minimum, and her bare shoulders are visible; she must change immediately. Do…

multicultural hypothesis, it seems that that Canadian political order does not suffer for lack of an assimilative emphasis (Harles, 1997). In order to evaluate how well Canada scores, in terms of integration, Billes &Burstein & Frideres (2008), use the trope of a “two-way street”. This means that citizens of the host society and immigrants try to adapt to each other, with the hope for the positive outcomes as the objective for both groups. Yet, while Canadian immigration is easy to measure, the…

sought to expose it though books, articles (NY Times). He ultimately transformed our understanding of the relationship between race, racism and official power. Bell, contributed to a ground-breaking analysis of conflict of interest in regard to civil rights litigations and the role of the white elite and their self-interest. Bell questioned “the basic assumptions of the law’s treatment in regards to people of colour, he also asked questions about the role of law in the construction and…

Policing is used to keep the peace, order, and regulation by the use of police force or power. The article outlines the racial policing of ethnic and black community conduct by the police to stop and search. Racial policing is the treatment of individual differently based on their color, race, culture, and neighborhood. To explain the role of racial policing in this article, I would like to mention the incident where enforcement officers used their power to stop the black men. I noticed that…

Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability” (Government of Canada, 2013). This is a quote from the Canadian Charter Rights and Freedom, section 15. Although it states every person shall not be discriminated against, this does not seem to be the case in…