Canadian Constitution
This law, passed by the UK Parliament, organized Canada into federal and provincial jurisdictions--each with defined areas of responsibility.
What is Constitution Act, 1867? (Or what is the British North America Act, 1867?)
Criminal offences in Canada were "offences at common law" until 1892 when they were defined by Parliament in this landmark statute.
What is the Criminal Code?
Hong Kong was ruled by this country from between 1841 and 1997.
What is the United Kingdom (or Great Britain)?
The ending of the British Raj (meaning British rule on the Indian subcontinent) created these two countries in 1947.
What was India and Pakistan? (Note: modern Bangladesh was East Pakistan)
Sue Rodriguez tried in 1993, but failed. Twenty years later, the landmark case Carter v Canada, 2015 decriminalized this procedure that Rodriguez sought.
What is MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) or euthanasia?
King Charles III
Who is the head of state of Canada?
To obtain a guilty verdict against the accused, the Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of these two elements in any alleged criminal act.
What is mens rea and actus reus?
This south-east Asian country was one of the few Asian countries to resist European colonialism throughout the entirety of the 19th and 20th centuries?
What is Thailand?
Who was Emperor Hirohito (or the Showa Emperor)?
Canada Health Act and various other provincial healthcare laws prevent the delivery of primary services by which sector of the economy?
What is the private sector?
Parliament or any legislature may make laws that are exempt from s.2 and ss.7-15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms for a period of up to five years by invoking this constitutional provision.
What is s.33 or the "notwithstanding" clause?
Lesser criminal offences, small claims, and traffic matters are heard at this level of court in BC.
What is The Provincial Court of British Columbia?
Ironically, instead of a European country, Korea and Taiwan were both colonies of this Asian country from 1910 and 1895 until 1945 respectively.
While instrumental in achieving independence for India and Pakistan, Gandhi did not become the first leader of either new states in 1947, yielding instead to these two men.
Who were Nehru and Jinnah?
MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) was initially limited to those whose deaths were reasonably foreseeable, but in 2024 it will be extended to this particular group.
Who are people suffering solely from a mental illness?
"Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of the person."
What is s.7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
The decision in R v Dudley & Stevens, 1884 concluded that this defence could not be successfully raised against a charge of murder.
What is necessity?
The capital of this Dutch Asian colony was Batavia (today known as Jakarta).
What are the Dutch East Indies?
After being defeated at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek fled to this island where he ruled as a dictator until his death in 1975.
What is Taiwan?
This law was invoked by the federal government on 14 February 2022 in order to deal with the Freedom Convoy protestors occupying downtown Ottawa.
What is the Emergency Act?
The landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision that confirmed the existence of aboriginal title, but also defined how the Crown could infringe upon said title under certain circumstances.
What is Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia, 2014?
The type of offence where the Crown can elect to proceed with either a summary conviction offence charge or an indictable offence charge against the accused.
What is a hybrid offence or dual procedure offence?
China escaped direct European colonialism, but the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 soon led to a civil war (1927-1949) between Nationalists and Communists led by these two leaders.
Who are Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong?
She represented the United Kingdom during the negotiations which lead to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration concerning the future of Hong Kong in 1984.
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
These two cities are linked by the Ambassador Bridge (a major conduit of US/Canada trade) and it was blockaded by the Freedom Convoy protestors in February 2022
What are Detroit and Windsor?