Canadian Human Rights Act

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…

Death: Who Has The Right? What does death mean to you? Is it an act of God or an effect of our mortality? If you were in an irreversible state or had a terminal illness, how would you want to spend your last days? Who would you want to dictate how you lived your last moments: a political leader, congressman, family member, or yourself? Death is an imminent result for all of us so we should have the rights to die the way that is ideal for unideal situations. What is your perspective? Should our…

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…

1873, Nellie was, according to the “eyes” of the Canadian Law, not officially recognized as a “person.” Woman were viewed as “the homemakers,” an idea that they belonged at home, in disregarded existence. At time where there was prevalent injustice, bigotry and inferiority directed towards woman, they did not meet the “qualifications” that were required to be acknowledged in the world of male-dominated politics. A reading from Section 24 of the BNA Act established by the Federal Government,…

This paper will compare and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Dominique Clément’s “The October Crisis of 1970: Human rights abuses under the War Measures Act”, and Ross Lambertson’s “The Black, Brown, White and Red Blues: The Beating of Clarence Clemons”. Both articles are rich with facts and explore fascinating issues in Canadian human rights history. That being said, this paper will argue that Clément’s article is superior. Clément’s article is better organized with clearer diction and…

Highest Court and Final Court of Appeal in Canadian justice system build up the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court offers permission to over 40 litigants of appeal decisions annually that are rendered by the federal, provincial, and territorial appellate courts. The court gives the ultimate expression of the decision and application of the Canadian law. Besides, the lower courts abide by these decisions. The Supreme Court was created by an act of parliament in 1875. There are cases,…

In past 30 years Canadian courts are struggling with the Charter’s emphasis under section 11(b) that “any person charged with an offence has the right to be tried within a reasonable time”. There has been still not any clarity what is “reasonable time” despite courts has described some factors to determine it. The most important case with reference to reasonableness was R v Askov (1990), where the Supreme Court held (9-0) that accused rights have been violated under section 11 (b) of the Charter…

Canada Women’s right has been improved enormously. After WWII due to their participation in war, women were starting to be treated more fairly than before, but not equally as men. There were many factors that oppressed women in their daily life. Since the 1950s, many individuals and groups of women’s fought to improve women equal rights and attempt to involve in social, environmental and political roles equivalent to men. In the last 60 years, Canada has taken steps to improve women’s right;…

Rights emphasizes a different dimension from the use of the term called justice. When we use the word justice we are typically concerned with how according to which pattern valuable things seem to benefits and their opposite burdens have become distributed. When we first talk about rights, most of us first think of entitles, typically having to do with human individuals. The human individuals supposedly possess or bears those rights. The connection between rights and justice is the duties. The…

to others. In other words, everyone should be left to do whatever they please as long as their actions do not pose any real harm or risks to others, or infringe upon their rights in any way. According to Mill, “no one should be forcibly prevented from acting in any way he chooses provided his acts are not invasive of the free acts of others”. Actions only affecting the self should be left as a private matter, and general society, including government, media, law enforcement, etc., would be…