Constitution Act,
Part 1
Part 1
These sections outline the division of powers between federal and provincial governments.
What are Sections 91 and 92?
The right to equal protection of the law and equal benefit of the law is found in this Charter provision.
What is section 15?
The Constitution Act, Part 1 was made in this year.
What is 1867?
The section of the Charter containing the "fundamental freedoms" in Canada.
What is section 2?
Section 1 of the Charter allows governments to limit Charter rights if the limits are reasonable and demonstrably _______ in a free and democratic society.
What is justified?
The Constitution Act, 1867 was originally called this.
What is the British North America Act?
This section provides mobility rights, allowing Canadians to live and work anywhere in Canada.
What is Section 6?
The Constitution Act, Part 2 was made in this year.
What is 1982?
The right to participate in peaceful demonstrations, protests, parades, etc. is known as the freedom of ______.
What is peaceful assembly?
Section 33 of the Constitution Act, Part 2 is known as this.
What is the Notwithstanding clause?
This section gives Parliament (the federal government) authority over "peace, order, and good government.
What is section 91?
Section 3 of the Charter protects this right, available only to Canadian Citizens.
What is the right to vote in federal and provincial elections?
The Canadian constitution includes, the Constitution Act Part 1, the the Constitution Act Part 2, and these.
What are unwritten constitutional principles?
The Lord's Day Act infringed which fundamental freedom?
What is the freedom of conscience and religion?
The "notwithstanding clause" can only be used for this maximum duration before requiring renewal.
What is five years?
This section (include the subsection) grants provinces authority over property and civil rights.
What is Section 92(13)?
The legal guarantee in this section (include subsection) ensures individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing.
What is Section 11(d) of the Charter?
The Constitution Act, 1982 introduced this procedure for changing Canada’s Constitution.
What is the amending formula?
The right to engage in union activities is protected by this fundamental freedom.
Courts use this test to determine whether a limitation on a right is justified under Section 1.
What is the Oakes test?
This doctrine resolves conflicts when federal and provincial laws overlap in areas of shared jurisdiction.
What is paramountcy?
The legislature of a Canadian province passes a law restricting left-handed people's access to organ transplants, even when the life of the person is endangered. What section(s) of the Charter could be used to challenge the law?
What are sections 7 and 15?
These are the four general requirements for most constitutional amendments under the general amending formula in Section 38 of the Constitution Act, Part 2.
What are approval by the House of Commons, the Senate, and two-thirds of the provinces representing at least 50% of the population?
Criminal law provisions addressing hate speech have this relationship to the Charter; i.e. they are _____ on this right, found in ____ part of the Charter.
What are reasonable limitations on the freedom of expression protected in section 2(b) of the Charter.
For the government to infringe a Charter right and be saved under the Oakes test, the infringing law/conduct must have a pressing purpose, has to be rationally connected to this purpose, has to only minimally infringe a Charter right and this.
What is have beneficial effects that are not are not outweighed by its negative effects on the Charter right in question (meet the proportionality requirement).