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Women’s suffrage had first developed in 1916, it was first developed in Manitoba. Time to time it had grew to other provinces around Canada, after almost 4 decades indigenous women had the right to vote in 1960.
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The persons case was a group of 5 women called the Famous Five, they were recognized as the “persons” in court.
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The Indian act of 1951 appealed bans on cultural practices done by the indigenous. Along with this it had granted indigenous women the right to vote as well.
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In 1960 Canadian bill of rights was established by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. This was Canadas first federal law directed towards human rights and freedoms.
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Indigenous Canadian voting rights, in 1960 indigenous Canadians were allowed to vote and partake in federal elections.
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The Ontario Human Rights code in 1962, this was canadas first human rights code like discrimination in employment, housing, and providing services.
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The immigration act of 1967 was the first time were a points system was introduced, the system involved a criteria of family reunification.
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The language act of 1969 established the official languages being English and French. This allowed bilingualism and contributed to the language equality and cultural presence.
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The Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1970, this event was were the commission released a report that promoted changes to gender equality.
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The human rights act of 1977 prohibited discrimination, federally governing Canadian services.
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The charter of rights and freedoms was enacted in 1982 and outlined various aspects of human rights/freedoms.
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The Big M Drug Mart case was where the Supreme Court ruled a law which did not permit any store to remain open during Sundays, this was due to church running throughout the day. The Big M Drug Mart chose to remain open during these times as they didn’t seek any issue with continuing their service during Sundays.
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The Oakes case which occurred during 1986 was when the Supreme Court ruled out standards and instances, Canadas charter could potentially be limited under the charters section 1.
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Same sex marriage is a LGBTQ right that was released in late 2005 for people of the same gender to legally be permitted to marry each other
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was designated to the residential school survivors, through those years they dug up residential schools and started discovering body’s upon body’s.