Chapter 2 Quiz Flashcards
Legal Rights
Protect personal and privacy rights and safeguard procedural rights in the criminal system
Language Rights
Official languages of Canada that federal services must provide in both languages
When Charter Applies
Only when the government breaks a human right
Notwithstanding clause
Parliament override certain portions of the Charter
Fundamental freedoms
(a) freedom of conscience and religion
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly
(d) freedom of association
Self incrimination rights
Exposing oneself to criminal prosecution
Equality rights
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, age or disabilities
Reading in
Inserting words where there are none in a statute
Remedy
Enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes another court order to impose its will.
Judicial activism
Overreaching or incorrect interpretation of the law
Strike Down
Judge strikes down your case
Mobility rights
Canadians have the right to move to any province or country
Infringed
Break the law
Amendments
Important rule/agreement between 2 parties
Entrenched
Firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change
