Vocabulary
A special set of laws that establish a framework of governing
Constitution
Outlines individual rights and freedoms as well as giving people the power to go to court to challenge laws that they feel restricts their rights
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Define internment camp
A camp where people are forcibly taken from their homes and kept. This is usually done due to ethnic race or origin. The internment camp usually condones mistreatment and unpaid hard labor.
The right to be free of discrimination because of race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, age or mental or physical disability.
What is equality rights
An organization that helps protect workers’ rights and interests
Labour Union
what was the Lords Day Act?
It was an act that made it illegal to open up any stores on a Sunday.
What is an enemy alien?
Usually an ethnic race that has conflict with the country. Enemy aliens become dangerous citizens due to the conflict or their origin nation.
Give an example of a legal right
the right to a quick and fair public trial
the right to be free of imprisonment
What is the Indian Act
Who was the last Canadian minority group to get voting rights in 1960?
Indigenous peoples
Which ethnic group was imprisoned in Canada during World War One under the War Measures Act?
The Ukrainians
Define mobility rights
the right to move anywhere within Canada and to earn a living there.
The right to enter in, leave or stay in Canada.
List the 5 individual rights and freedoms
1. Fundamental freedoms
2. Democratic rights
3. Mobility rights
4. Legal rights
5. Equality rights
What individual right goes against the no-fly list?
Mobility rights
Which major event caused the Canadian government to employ the War Measures act to inter more than 20,000 Japanese Canadians?
Pearl Harbor bombing
What are the fundamental freedoms?
The freedom to express your own opinion, choose your own religion, organize peaceful meetings and demonstrations and associate with whomever you want.
What is the difference between a democratic right and a legal right?
Democratic is the right to vote for members are parliament and a government every 5 years.
Legal is your right to a quick fair trial and to not be wrongfully imprisioned without being proved guilty.
Explain the argument in regards to mothers having an unfair disadvantage in their career life.
Mothers do not get the same opportunity to move up in their career due to loss of time focusing on the well being of their child. Having to take time off to care for a child. Not being hired because there is a chance they will get pregnant and not be deemed as devoted to their careers.
List three reasons why a Ukrainian person would get put into an internment camp.
1. someone just did not like them and reported them
2. they did not have their card on them
3. They did not have a job so were deemed a dangerous part of society
list three rules on the Indian Act and how they went against the individual rights.
Denied woman status: Equality rights
Introduced residential schools: The freedom to associate with a certain group
Created reserves: Mobility rights
Renamed Natives European names: The freedom to make your own decision
Restricted First Nations from leaving reserve without permission: Mobility