Charter
This document guarantees fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, and legal protections in Canada.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A person cannot be punished by law for their religious beliefs because of this specific freedom.
What is freedom of religion?
If you are arrested, you must be informed of this immediately.
What are your rights?
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms only applies to Canadian citizens. (T/F)
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The Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Canadian Constitution in this year.
What happened in 1982?
The Charter protects your right to participate in peaceful protests under this freedom.
What is freedom of peaceful assembly?
If someone is arrested, they have the right to this legal professional.
What is a lawyer?
You can send a letter to your Member of Parliament in English or French.
What are official languages of Canada?
The Charter is part of this larger legal framework.
What is the Canadian Constitution?
This freedom ensures people can voice opinions, even if they criticize the government.
What is freedom of expression?
This right in the Charter allows any Canadian citizen in Canada to move freely through the country and earn a living there.
What are Mobility Rights?
The Charter guarantees the right to run for public office under this category of rights.
What are democratic rights?
Before the Charter, Canadians relied on this document for rights protection.
What is the Canadian Bill of Rights?
This fundamental freedom allows a journalist to write a newspaper article criticizing the government's new policy.
What is freedom of expression?
This right allows every Canadian citizen over the age of 18 to vote in federal, provincial, and territorial elections.
What is a democratic right?
These rights, recognized in the Charter, protect the unique legal, cultural, and historical status of Indigenous peoples, linguistic minorities, and other groups in Canada.
What are collective rights?
This section of the Charter states that rights and freedoms are subject to reasonable limits, as long as they can be justified in a free and democratic society.
What is Section 1 of the Charter?
This fundamental freedom allows individuals to form unions and advocacy groups.
What is freedom of association?
Children of French-speaking parents in an English-majority province have the right to this.
What is minority language education?
Jamie notices that a new law in their city limits public protests in certain areas, which they believe violates freedom of peaceful assembly under the Charter. Instead of staying silent, Jamie starts a petition, writes to their local representative, and organizes a peaceful rally to raise awareness.
What is active citizenship?