Just Society Flashcards
Trans Canada highway
Tans Canada highway act 1959
Contraction of worlds longest road
Connects coast to coast
Bill of rights
Changing discriminate laws
1956 passed bill illegal to pay women less for nearly identical job
1955 passed law forces women to triage from federal civil service after married
Introduced by John diefenbaker
Introduced in 1958
Recognized before law rights and freedoms
Could not include in constitution
Only applied to federal laws could not overwrite existing ones
Just society
Said by Trudeau
One where fights of minority’s are safe
Workmen’s rights and royal commission
1979s broadened perspective on how to address
National action committee on status of women funded by Trudeau
1967 report made made recommendations
1979 167 recommendations men and women should be equal
Equal pay and maternity leave o
Late 1979s gender equality written into constitution
