Law Test 2 Terms

Question 1

What are human rights?

Answer 1

Rights that are protected from unfair treatment by other individuals and government.

Question 2

Treating individuals unfairly or differently because of characteristics suck as race, sex, religion, age, disability or sexual orientation is called ____________.

Answer 2

Discrimination

Question 3

Who was Agnes Macphail and what was her contribution to law?

Answer 3

Agnes was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons.

Helped cause suffrage movements and show that women were capable of anything a man could do.

Question 4

What is suffrage?

Answer 4

Suffrage is the right to vote in political elections, also known as franchise.

Typically in relation to women’s suffrage, a movement to allow women to vote.

Question 5

What is a feminist?

Answer 5

A person who’s believes in the social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.

Question 6

What are 3 issues women are currently facing?

Answer 6

Pay equity
Sexual harassment
Employment equity

Question 7

Define First Nations (people).

Answer 7

A term used to recognize Aboriginal people as belonging to dis Tim y cultural groups with sovereign rights based on being the first people in Canada.

Question 8

What was the head tax?

Answer 8

The head tax was a tax of $50 imposed on any Chinese person entering Canada after the completion of the railroad.

This was due to an increased number of Chinese immigrants in Canada as they were used for labour on the railroad.

Question 9

What was the immigration act? When was it implemented?

Answer 9

This act allowed the government to reject immigrants belonging to a race deemed unsuitable.
This was imposed in 1910.

Question 10

What occurred to the immigration act in 1976?

Answer 10

Pierre Trudeau introduced a point system to the act and evaluated each immigrant based on skills, qualities, and level of education.

Question 11

What year did Pierre Trudeau declare homosexuality no longer a crime?

Answer 11

1976

Question 12

What year was sexual orientation added to the Charter as protected ground for discriminations.

Answer 12

1996

Question 13

List the 4 legal disabilities in Ontario.

Answer 13

1. Brain injuries, mental illness, physical disabilities
2. Blindness, deafness, & obesity
3. Epilepsy, behaviour & learning problems
4. Substance abuse & developmental disabilities

Question 14

List the 2 issues faced by disabled people.

Answer 14

1. Schools being unable to meet the needs of disabled students
2. Workplaces and businesses not being accessible to those with disabilities

Question 15

What act is used to help those with disabilities to remove barriers faced by those with disabilities?

Answer 15

The disabilities act

Question 16

Define prejudice

Answer 16

A preconceived opinion of a person based on that person belonging to a certain group.

Question 17

Define stereotyping

Answer 17

Forming an opinion of one person of a group and applying that judgement to all members of that group.

Question 18

Who is the complainant?
Who is the respondent?

Answer 18

Complainant = a person/party that claims they’ve been discriminated against

Respondent = the person/party that allegedly discriminated against the complainant

Question 19

List the types of discrimination and give a brief definition.

Answer 19

1. Intentional
   
   • treating others unfairly based
     on prejudice
2. Unintentional
   
   • seemingly innocent actions that
     are still discrimination
3. Bona Fide
   
   • occupational
   • a defence for employers against
     discrimination

Question 20

What are remedies? What do they include?

Answer 20

Remedies are given to complainants when they’ve been found to be discriminate against or infringed upon.

They include money, letters of apologies, and retirement of employees and anti-discriminatory workplace policies.

Question 21

Define entrenched.

Answer 21

Something that is difficult to change.
Gov. Needs majority of the country to be on board to change what’s needed to be changed.

Question 22

What are our 9 rights in Canada

Answer 22

1. Democratic
2. Freedom of thought belief and expression
3. Equality
4. Language
5. Conscience and religion
6. Legal
7. Peaceful assembly
8. Mobility
9. Association

Question 23

What factors influence the law?

Answer 23

Globalization
Exploration of natural resources
Technology
Political unrest and military conflict
Economic pressure and social norms
Media

Question 24

What is selective immigration?

Answer 24

Selective immigration is the picking and choosing of immigrants to be let into a country. The immigrants chosen will typically be “desired immigrants”.

Question 25

List the issues faced by Indigenous peoples today.

Answer 25

Poverty, social/health issues, outstanding land claims, and the desire to self-govern.

Question 26

What is the Indian Act (1876)

Answer 26

The Indian Act was passed in 1868 and rejected Aboriginal sel-government and methods of Justice.

The Indian Act was used to assimilate indigenous peoples into western societies.

This act forbade indigenous peoples from expressing their identities through governance and culture.

Status and non status Indians
Enfranchisement (removing Indian status and becoming a full Canadian citizen)

Question 27

What is section 1 of the charter?

Answer 27

Section one of the charter states that charter rights can be limited and infringed upon by law as long as they are done so in a reasonable manner.

Allows government to limit rights and freedoms if that limit is set out in law.

Question 28

What is a test?

Answer 28

A test is a commonly applied method of evaluation used to resolve matters of jurisprudence typically derived from a case in which they challenged and changed the law.