Intro to legislation
These represent the three types of government In Canada
What is Municipal, Provincial/Territorial and Federal
2 parts
What was the name of the professor's dog in the advocacy slides?
This type of advocacy is about changing policies, laws or rules that impact how someone lives their life. These efforts can be targeted at a municipal, provincial or federal level
What is Diva ?
What is Systems Advocacy ?
Name one statute that forms the legal framework of mental health service delivery on Ontario
What is the
Mental health Act
Health Care Consent Act
Substitute Decisions Act
In Canada, this is the minimum age a young person can be charged with a criminal offence
What is 12 years old ?
This is someone who immigrates to Canada that is allowed to stay in Canada for a limited amount of time and for limited purposes.
What is a Temporary Resident ?
These are written codes of law, also called Acts or Legislation
What are Statutes ?
Example of a person tying yourself to a tree to prevent a construction company from destroying a forest is called
What is Activism ?
The legal act that appoints someone as another person's attorney for property and personal care
What is Power of Attorney ?
This is the office/role that usually prepares pre-sentence reports for a youth court
What is a probation Officer?
Generally speaking, becoming a Canadian Citizen can be achieved either by one of these 2 things.
What is birth or naturalization?
This type of Law is a body of legal principles, established through court decisions (cases) aka "Judge Made Laws"
What is Common Law ?
Catch phrase to describe , people who make noise or demand change are often brought at the top of the politicians, governments pile of work, if not make enough noise, the issue will be kept at the bottom of the pile.
What is the Squeaky Wheel gets the Grease?
This term refers to a doctors ability to have someone detained for a 72 hour period for psychiatric observation
What is a form 1
This is a form of extrajudicial measure in which parents are informed in writting. Sometimes issued by the police, sometimes by the Crown
What is a Caution?
A person that immigrate to another country due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted in their home country
What is a Refugee ?
Being part of the constitution, created in 1982, it expresses the fundamental values and principles of our society, centered on Canada's perception of itself as a free and democratic society.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ?
This refers to legislated restrictions on rent increases on rental properties under certain circumstances.
What is Rent Control?
Famous sportscaster in Ottawa that was killed by a someone who had a diagnose of mentally illness in 1995 that led to significant changes to the Ontario Mental Health law in year 2000.
Who is Brian Smith ?
T/F by protecting privacy of young people, the court seeks to prevent a criminal charge from limiting the future opportunities of young offenders
What is True ?
This represents a prescribed place where a person may seek entry into Canada, such as airports, land or marine border crossings.
What is a Port of Entry?
This is the supreme law of the land. It is the framework under which all other laws are created.
What is the Constitution?
This Act includes rights of tenants, and procedures of eviction
What is the Residential Tenancies Act?
This legal mechanism allows individuals with severe mental illness to receive mandated treatment in the community rather than being hospitalized.
What is a Community Treatment Order
This is Canada's main statute (current) for dealing with young offenders.
What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act?
This Canadian federal agency is responsible for border enforcement, immigration control, and customs services