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the confederation
the 4 colonies that staretd the confedration wante what was best fot the canadian peopel , this alos ment that canada and britain woulod drift apart sloly giving canad its idts indipenednce -
indian act
The act defines who is an "Indian" and contains certain legal rights and legal disabilities for registered Indians. The rights exclusive to Indians in the Indian Act are beyond legal challenge under the Constitution Act, 1982. Section 25 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms shall not be interpreted as negating aboriginal, treaty or other rights of Canada's aboriginal peoples. -
women vote
women were allowed to vote a great step in human rights , where all hummans are treated eqaually , -
ontarionr acial dsicrimination act
In 1944, Ontario enacted the Racial Discrimination Act . The Act prohibits the publication or display, on lands, premises, by newspaper or radio, of any notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation indicating racial discrimination. -
canadian bill of rights
The Canadian Bill of Rights[1] is a federal statute and bill of rights enacted by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government on August 10, 1960. It provides Canadians with certain quasi-constitutional rights in relation to other federal statutes. It was the earliest expression of human rights law at the federal level in Canada, though an Implied Bill of Rights had already been recognized. The Canadian Bill of Rights remains in effect, but its widely acknowledged ineffectiveness[citation -
official language act
both french and english became the offical langauge of canda , meaning people could talk in what langue they wanted without getting into problems with other people -
7 Criminal Code makes it a crime to take part in genocide or publicly incite hatred against people because of their colour, race, religion, or ethnic identity
making it illegal to kill people because of there religion, race , ethnicity. plays a major role in human righst people have aright to be what they want . -
canadian charter of rights become apart of the constitution
Under the Charter, people physically present in Canada have numerous civil and political rights. Most of the rights can be exercised by any legal person (the Charter does not define the corporation as a "legal person"),[3] but a few of the rights belong exclusively to natural persons, or (as in sections 3 and 6) only to citizens of Canada. The rights are enforceable by the courts through section 24 of the Charter, which allows courts discretion to award remedies to those whose rights have been d -
canadian charter of rights and freedoms
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (also known as The Charter of Rights and Freedoms or simply the Charter, French: La Charte canadienne des droits et libertés) is a bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada. It forms the first part of the Constitution Act, 1982. The Charter guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyone in Canada from the policies and actions of all areas and levels of government. It is designed to unify Canadians ar -
emplyment equity act
the act made it tht these four groups of people will be treated equally at as other gruops when they are dealing with work or work rekared issues wimen, aboriginals.people with disabilites , visible minorities
