Other stuff in Chapter 3

Question 1

What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

Answer 1

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of our constitution – the rule book for how Canada is governed.
The Charter created a protection barrier for individual rights and freedoms.
Ultimately, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms places a limit on what the government can do.

Question 2

What does the The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms include?

Answer 2

• Fundamental Freedoms
• Democratic Rights
• Mobility Rights
• Legal Rights
• Equality Rights

Question 3

What are your Fundamental Freedoms? Section 2

Answer 3

You have…

• The freedom to express your opinions.
• The freedom to choose your own religion.
• The freedom to organize peaceful meetings and demonstrations.
• The freedom to associate with any person or group.

Question 4

What are your Democratic Rights? Section 3

Answer 4

You have…
- The right to vote for members of the House of Commons (MP’s) and of provincial legislatures.
- The right to vote for a new government at least every 5 years.
(October 2008; next one could be October 2013).
*only if you are a Canadian citizen

Question 5

What are your Mobility Rights? Section 6

Answer 5

You have…
- The right to move anywhere within Canada and to earn a living there.
- The right to enter, stay in or leave Canada.
*Only if you are a Canadian citizen
See bottom of page 97

Question 6

What are your Legal Rights? Section 7

Answer 6

You have…

• The right to be free of imprisonment, search and seizure without reasons backed by law and evidence.
• The right to a fair and quick public trial by an impartial court that assumes that you are innocent until proven guilty.

Question 7

What are your Equality Rights? Section 15

Answer 7

You have…
- The right to be free of discrimination because of race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, age, or mental or physical disability.

Question 8

What are 2 exceptions the Charter gives?

Answer 8

-With two exceptions, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives every person in Canada the same rights, whether or not they are citizens.
(The exceptions to this are they are not given the right to vote and enter Canada freely.)

Question 9

What are 3 ways that the Indian Act restrict the rights and freedoms of First Nations people?

Answer 9

• First Nations people were required to obtain government permission to wear traditional clothes.
• Banned from traditional ceremonies, such as the Sundance.
• Barred involvement in politics.

Question 10

What does Suffrage mean?

Answer 10

right to vote.

Question 11

Who are the famous five?

Answer 11

Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby.

Question 12

What did the famous five do?

Answer 12

In 1929, the “famous five” from Alberta fought to change the British North America Act (former constitution) so that women would be considered “persons” and therefore qualified for appointment to the Senate.

Question 13

At what date was the the first female was appointed to the senate?

Answer 13

1930

Question 14

True or False: Prior to 1918, the Canada Elections Act barred women from voting and running as candidates in federal elections.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

What hours are student Legally allowed to work?

Answer 15

They are not allowed to work
• More than two hours on a school day.
• More than eight hours on a non-school day.
• Between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Question 16

What jobs are young people legally allowed to hold in Alberta?

Answer 16

• Delivery person for flyers, newspapers and handbills,
• Delivery person for small goods and merchandise for a retail store,
• Clerk or messenger in an office,
• Clerk in a retail store, and
• Certain jobs in the restaurant and food services industry (with restrictions).

Question 17

What are the Job restrictions if you are under the age of 16?

Answer 17

People under 16 years old are required to attend school and may not be employed during
normal school hours, unless they are enrolled in an off-campus education program provided
under the School Act.

Question 18

Must you have parent consent to have a job?

Answer 18

The employer must obtain the parent or guardian’s written consent to the employment before the
adolescent may begin work.
The employer must make sure the employment is not, or is not likely
to be, harmful to the life, health, education or welfare of the adolescent.

Question 19

What is a adolescent?

Answer 19

An adolescent is defined as an individual 12, 13 or 14 years old.

Question 20

What is a young person?

Answer 20

A young person is defined as an individual 15, 16 or 17 years old.

Question 21

What do Canadas labour laws do?

Answer 21

Canada’s labour laws establish that workers have the right to form unions
By organizing workers into groups, unions can pressure employers about wages, working hours and workplace safety.

Question 22

What are Workers’ legal rights?

Answer 22

• Right to get and keep a job regardless of race, gender, age
• Right to safe working conditions
• Right to compensation

Question 23

What are language rights?

Answer 23

English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada