Rights & Freedoms
Fundamental Freedoms, Democratic Rights, Mobility Rights, Legal Rights, Equality Rights, Official Languages Rights, Minority Language Education Rights
What are the 7 Freedoms and/or Rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
The section of the Charter that gives any eligible citizen the right to run as a candidate in an election.
What are [Democratic] Rights?
This section of the constitution endeavours to protect all individuals from unjust attacks.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society, as established by law.
What are Rights?
This was Canada’s first constitution and parts of it are still in effect today.
What is the BNA Act?
Allows the possibility of both levels of gov’t to pass a law even if the law violates one of the rights. The violation can be in effect for up to 5 years, but then the gov’t must seek renewal.
What is the "Notwithstanding Clause”
The final appeal to the Charter is made at this level of the Judicial Branch.
What is the Supreme Court of Canada?
The number of individuals that make up the highest court in the land.
What is 9?
To be fixed firmly within (EG. The Charter is ____________ in the Canadian Constitution.).
What is entrenched?
Fundamental rights are rights that everyone should have; whereas legal rights are rights afforded legally to citizens which can be challenged in a court of law.
What are the differences between fundamental rights and legal rights?
They are the section and sub-section of the Charter would allow a student to not have to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony.
What are the Fundamental Freedoms section and freedom of conscience sub-section.
Right or Responsibility-All people in Canada are to be treated equally and fairly.
What is a right?
In Canada, if only a single citizen was following a unique belief, value, or custom, they are allowed to keep this ideology because the charter guarantees this concept.
What is protecting the rights of the minority or minority rights?
This is a special set of laws that establish a framework of governance.
What is the Constitution?
This means the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without trial.
What is internment, or being interned?
The section of the Charter that may protect a student against a search of his/her locker.
What are Legal Rights?
The right that allows a person to seek justice as a result of discrimination.
What are equality rights?
The signature of these two individuals is included in the 1982 constitution.
Who are Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II?
Rights and freedoms that provide citizens with specific rights. Some examples include the right to privacy, freedom from slavery, the right to a fair trial and freedom of religion.
What are civil liberties?
These are the maximum amount of time that the Federal Government use to have before it had to call an election and the amount of time when the current government must call an election.
What is the significance of 5 years and 4 years when discussing the federal government system? [However, there are reasons for this amount of time to be reduced under certain circumstance]
The section of the Charter that allows a citizen to relocate and seek work in any province in Canada.
What are Mobility Rights?
The section of the Charter that ensures that people of all beliefs can form an advocacy group that promotes gender inclusiveness.
What are Fundamental Freedoms?
Conditions under which the Canadian Government may restrict the rights and freedoms of individuals.
What are conditions that are necessary to maintain a free and democratic society?
Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical or constitutional reasons (i.e., First Nations, Francophones, etc).
What are collective rights?
The Anti-Terror Act is an example of the Federal Government invoking this part of the Charter?
What is the "Notwithstanding Act"?