Charter Basics
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
The document added to the Constitution in 1982 that protects individual rights and freedoms in Canada.
What is freedom of conscience and religion?
The freedom to practice religion, express beliefs, and hold opinions.
What are democratic rights?
The right of Canadian citizens to vote and run for political office.
What are equality rights?
The Charter right that guarantees equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination.
Rights held by groups rather than individuals.
Collective Rights
What is significant about 1982?
The year the Charter came into effect in Canada.
What is freedom of expression?
The freedom that allows Canadians to share ideas, opinions, and information.
What are mobility rights?
The rights that allow Canadians to move, live, and work anywhere in Canada.
What are the two official languages of Canada protected by the Charter?
French and English
The main purpose of Numbered Treaties in Canada.
allow settlement in exchange for promises such as land, education, and aid
Which prime minister played a key role in introducing the charter
Who is Pierre Trudeau?
What is freedom of peaceful assembly?
The freedom that protects peaceful protests and demonstrations.
What are legal rights?
The rights that protect people when dealing with the justice system
The Charter rights that protect the use of English or French in Parliament and federal courts.
official language rights?
A federal law passed in 1876 that controls many aspects of First Nations life.
The Indian Act
The part of the Charter that allows Parliament or provincial legislatures to override certain rights temporarily.
the Notwithstanding Clause (Section 33)
What is freedom of association?
The freedom that allows people to form groups like unions or clubs
What is freedom from arbitrary detention?
The legal right that protects people from being arrested or detained without reason.
What are minority language education rights?
The rights that guarantee minority-language education in provinces with a significant minority language population.
Name two historical events when the War Measures Act was used.
WWI, WWII, Internment of Japanese, Ukrainian, or Italian Canadians, FLQ crisis