History
In what year what the Charter included in the constitution?
1982
Your rights are not unlimited. The government can put small, fair limits on your rights if there is a good reason to protect other people or society.
Reasonable limits
Believe what you want, practice your faith openly.
Freedom of Religion and Conscience
This right lets you live and work in any province or territory in Canada.
What is mobility rights?
These five First Nations — the Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, and Stoney — signed a famous treaty with the Canadian government. What Treaty is it?
What is Treaty 7?
Who was the prime Minister when the Charter was included in the Constitution?
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Reasonable or Unreasonable limit: A law says you cannot post someone's home address online with the intent to harm or harass them.
reasonable
Saying what you think, writing a blog post, or creating a painting are all protected by this freedom.
freedom of Thought & Expression
This right guarantees that all people are treated the same regardless of their race, religion, age, or disability.
What is equality rights?
These are rights held by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples that are protected under the Canadian Constitution.
What are Aboriginal rights?
What are the two types of rights protected under the charter?
Individual and collective
Reasonable or Unreasonable limit: A town passes a law saying no one is allowed to wear a hat, hoodie, or scarf anywhere in public because it's unsafe to not see people's heads — even in winter or for religious reasons.
Unreasonable
Gather in groups like marches and protests
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly
These rights include the right to vote and the right to run for office.
What are democratic rights?
A treaty right from Treaty 7 that allowed First Nations people to continue hunting, fishing, and trapping on traditional lands. (examples)
What is the right to hunt, fish, and trap?
It means that a right or law is firmly planted and very difficult to change or remove.
entrenched
Mention two things that must be proven by the government to limit a right or freedom (there are four, think of at least 2)
Important, it works, this is the gentlest way to accomplish a goal, it fair in balance.
Joining unions, sports clubs, or political parties is an example of this freedom
Freedom of Association
If you are arrested, you have the right to remain silent and the right to talk to a lawyer. These are part of this category of rights.
What are legal rights?
True or False: A treaty in Canada has an expiry date — after a certain number of years, it is no longer valid and the promises stop.
False: Treaties have no expiry date — they are permanent promises that never run out.
Does the Charter apply to private businesses or only government?
Only government actions
The famous legal test named after a 1986 Supreme Court case that determines if a limit on a right is reasonable.
Oakes Test
TRUE OR FALSE: Only Canadian citizens have fundamental freedoms guaranteed under Section 2 of the Charter.
False:
The fundamental freedoms in Section 2 of the Charter (freedom of conscience and religion, thought and expression, peaceful assembly, and association) apply to everyone physically present in Canada — including:
Permanent residents
International students
Refugee claimants
Tourists and visitors
Even people without legal status
This individual right protects you from "cruel and unusual punishment."
What is a legal right?
This is the year Treaty 7 was signed between the Canadian government and several First Nations in southern Alberta.
What is 1877?