Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Justice in Canada has gone into the limelight recently with Prince Edward Island finally providing access to abortions by the end of 2016 after years of women having to travel to New Brunswick or Nova Scotia to get abortions. The fight for reproductive rights in Canada has been a challenging struggle that has made tremendous strides and progress due to the efforts of extraordinary activists and contributors. While there have been many strong advances in the direction to improve the lives of…

Insufficient Support to First-Nations By: Tristan Maybee #200350618 17/11/2014 First-Nation Discrimination in Canada Introduction In today’s modern society there are many minority groups that have faced and currently face racial discrimination. Groups such as the First-Nations face these social problems every day and the government doesn’t provide enough help. These problems however are getting worse and not better, although the government gives millions of dollars and provides…

plausible to say that had it not been for these three key events, society along with its empires, would not be as advanced in both its social and political aspects. The British East India Company was the pinnacle for this. Founded by a royal charter, in the seventeenth century, the British…

The New York Daily newspaper describes the issue of racial policing, where the Florida police stopped and searched a black man, named Earl Sampson about 258 times in four years. The police searched Earl Sampson around 100 times and jailed 56 times for trespassing at the store where he works. Even the store owner claimed that the police searched his store without any warrant. Sampson being harassed by the police while taking out the garbage and searched against the wall many times. The store…

Their legal rights were infringed upon when Pratico and Maynard were pressured into falsifying their testimonies by the police. This violates their legal rights, as they did not follow proper procedure during the interrogations. According to section 15, Donald Marshall’s equality rights also have been violated as he is being discriminated against due to his ethnicity. Police and the judge have preconceived…

the self but of society as well. Mills addresses multiple factors that benefit and obstruct the development of individuality as well as the role individuality plays in creating a healthy society and personal life. In conclusion Mills claims that freedom is an absolute necessity for development of the self. All of which will be proven or debated within this writing. First off, Mills idea or definition of individuality is similar but not identical to the commonly accepted definition of the…

during the trial process Dietrich believed that he had the right to counsel,…

In 1983 a Gallup poll shows that 72% of Canadians believe the decision to abort should rest solely with the pregnant woman and her doctor (News, 2013). Jan 28, 1988 The Supreme Court of Canada strikes down Canada 's abortion law as unconstitutional. The law is found to violate Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it infringes upon a woman 's right to "life, liberty and security of person." Chief Justice Brian Dickson writes: "Forcing…

movement which is considered the milestone of victimology because it brought about the victimization surveys and victim services. The final movement is the civil rights movement which brought about equality for visible minorities. As a result of these movements, several…

of rights [which] enables us to pursue our desires—minimally with legal impunity, maximally with social entitlement” (2010, 716) does not extend to children when it comes to divorce. He argues that there is “an overwhelming number of children [who] desire to be raised by their own mother and father, parenting in tandem as a married couple.” Whenever there is a divorce, the “natural right” of children to be raised by both parents is violated. Sad as it may, these children, whose natural right are…