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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom
-freedom of expression the right to democratic government
-the right to live and to seek employment anywhere in Canada
-Legal rights of persons accused of crimes Aboriginal peoples’ rights
-The right equality, including the equality of men and women
-The right to use either of Canada’s official languages
-The right of French and English linguistic minorities to an education in their languages
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Bertha Wilson
-The first woman on the Supreme Court of Canada.
-Best known for concurring in the 1988 Supreme Court decision striking down Criminal Code of Canada restrictions on abortion
-Joined the Supreme Court the same year when the Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect
-Captured public attention by her imaginative and humane decisions in cases involving: human rights, ethnic and sex discrimination, matrimonial property, child custody. -
Canada Day!
-The day when "Dominion day" becomes Canada day
-It shares a date with Memorial Day, was established long before the province joined Confederation
-Honours those lost on what Rick Mercer calls it the “Bloodiest day in Newfoundland history”
-in July 1,1916, Newfound regiment was wiped out on the battlefield of beaumont-Hamel France during the Battle of the Somme. -
Air India Jet
-Air India jet crashes killing 392and injuring 280 passengers on board-Killed and injured when a bomb detonates on an Air India jet traveling between Montreal and London-A British man who was extradited to Canada 12 years ago was the man who had bombed Air India Jet-The worst act of international air terrorism -
Stock Market Crashed
-World’s Stock Markets crashed
-also, pushing all major indices into a fretful
-The TSE dropped more than 300 points
-The TSX overall lost $about 37 billion (11.3% of its value) -
Supreme Court Ruling in Favour of Dr. Morgentaler
-Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with fundamental justice
-Canada’s abortion law, opening access to the procedure across the country
-The legislation interfered with the security of the person of a woman in limiting, by criminal law, her effective and timely access to medical services when her life or health was endangered -
Ice Storm
-Greatest natural disaster in Canadian history
-The total precipitation, which fell as freezing rain, ice pellets and snow, exceeded 73mm in Kingston, 85mm in Ottawa and100mm south of Montreal
-Thickening ice downed power lines, forcing 100,000 people to seek refuge in hotels, private homes or hastily assembled shelters.
-Several thousands kilometers of power lines and telephone cables became useless. -
Same-Sex Rights in Canada
-The law giving same-sex couples the legal right to marry
-Receives royal assent and becomes law
-Became the 40th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages nationwide
-Gays and Lesbians has been a controversial issue in Canada, both in the public and in Parliament
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Homeless People can Vote now!
-Federal requirements changed
-Homeless people can now register under a homeless shelter’s address to be eligible to vote.
-As long as the shelter had provided food or lodging to that person recently
-Voters still has to show identification with a name and a signature
-If they don’t have an identification, an employee of the shelter or another voter registered in the same district can “vouch for the person” by verifying that he/she is a resident
