chapter 3 - individual rights

Question 1

the charter of rights and freedoms is our constitution and our bill of rights

Answer 1

rules for gov

list of freedoms and benefits we are entitled to

Question 2

rights

Answer 2

a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way

Question 3

freedoms

Answer 3

the power or right to act think as one wants without restraint

Question 4

the charter of rights and freedoms

Answer 4

part of canada’s constitution. which sets out framework for how canada is governed

the constitution is the highest law on canada

created constitutional protection for individual rights and freedoms

canadians can Challenge in court the laws that restrict their rights

BUT gov can also restrict rights if the restrictions are necessary to maintain the safety and freedom of citizens

Question 5

the charter was patriated in

Answer 5

1982

Question 6

the charter was patriated in 1982

Answer 6

until 1982 canada still was connected to the united kingdom.
we couldn’t go to war, change federal budgets, adjust voting systems, or do many other important political acts without having a vote in BRITISH parliament.

canada had an implied bill of rights, based on precedent (past examples) not on any legally binding document, bc that’s how the BRITISH do it

Question 7

Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Answer 7

in 1982 when Canada created passed and asked to partrate from the United Kingdom using the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the minister.

as a lawyer and an MP he was involved in the ideas and drafting of the charter as were many others

as the PM he officiated the ceremony where the queen signed the charter law

Question 8

individual rights

Answer 8

freedoms and benefits (and often implied responsibilities) each individual is entitled to.

based on personhood and (often ) citizenship

Question 9

collective rights

Answer 9

freedoms and be if it’s and official responsibilities of major and minority groups within canada

francophones anglophones and first nations métis and inuit

Question 10

fundamental freedoms

Answer 10

what is it

Question 11

queen mary I of england

Answer 11

Queen of England from July 1553 until her death in 1558

during her 5 year reign Mary had over 280 religious dissenters burned the steak in the Mairan persecutions.

Question 12

democratic rights

Answer 12

what is it

Question 13

the right to vote in canada

Answer 13

the right of who could vote and when varryed a lot depending on gender, race , and colour

Question 14

sufferage

Answer 14

has nothing to do with suffering but instead derives from the latin word “ suffragium”
meaning the right or privilege to vote

Question 15

mobility rights

Answer 15

what is it

Question 16

the indian act

Answer 16

what is is

pg. 100

Question 17

legal rights

Answer 17

what is it

Question 18

the war measures act

Answer 18

what is it

pg. 102

Question 19

equalitly rights

Answer 19

what is it

Question 20

rights have responsibilities

Answer 20

As a Citizen who enjoys the rights on the charter there are responsibilities that follow

if we didn’t continue to fulfil these responsibilities the rights would break down and start to fail us.

when we know are rights we have to understand our responsibilities.

when we have to act on them