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Question 1

What must occur if the NotWithStanding Clause is utilized?

Answer 1

It must be reviewed every 5 years

Question 2

What are the requirements to be able to vote

Answer 2

Canadian citizens and 18 years of age

Question 3

What are mobility rights

Answer 3

The right to enter and leave Canada and the rights to move between provinces

Question 4

What are our legal rights

Answer 4

Protects personal and privacy rights and safeguards procedural rights the criminal justice system

Question 5

Under what circumstances can the police search a car without a warrant ?

Answer 5

Police must have a good reason also must justify the taking of any evidence

Question 6

What does it meant to be detained

Answer 6

When your liberty is restricted

Question 7

What occurs if a person is not tried within a reasonable time?

Answer 7

“stay of proceeding in other words the proceeding in the court were staffed

Question 8

What does read down mean

Answer 8

To rule in court that a law is generally acceptable but a specific part of the law is invalid thus removed

Question 9

When can a restriction on individual rights occur

Answer 9

Doing something against the law

Question 10

How long can legislation using notwithstanding Clause be in place

Answer 10

Max 5 years

Question 11

What is the first question asked in a charter case?

Answer 11

Has a charter right of freedom been in flighted or violated

Question 12

What section of the charter protects our personal and privacy rights

Answer 12

section 7

Question 13

What area of the charter protects us from discrimination

Answer 13

Section is equally rights

Question 14

What is it called when the courts orders a term to be added to the law

Answer 14

Read in

Question 15

What can a person seek if their charter rights have been violated

Answer 15

Remedy

Question 16

What section of the Charter explains our basic freedoms

Answer 16

Section 2

Question 16

What is it called when a judge puts their personal views into a judgment

Answer 16

Judicial Activism

Question 17

What does the freedom of Peaceful assembly allow

Answer 17

Right to participate in a public assembly

Question 18

A group of people who create a disturbance which creates fear is called?

Answer 18

Unlawful assembly

Question 19

What section of the charter ensures proper procedures are followed in our jsutice system

Answer 19

section 11

Question 20

Define: strike down

Answer 20

Law is no longer in effect right that is infrigend

Question 20

What is the court order called that stops a trial from proceeding

Answer 20

stay of proceedings

Question 21

What does “infringed” mean

Answer 21

Broken or violated as in a agreement or right that is infringed

Question 21

What group had the responsibility for deciding if a law is continued

Answer 21

courts, supreme, courts of Canada

Question 22

What is it called when the constitution is changed?

Answer 22

Constitutional amendment and religion

Question 23

What freedom ensures a person is forced to act against their beliefs

Answer 23

Freedom of conscience

Question 24

Define: Entrenched

Answer 24

Firmly established and difficult to change or remove

Question 25

What is freedom of Association

Answer 25

refers to the rights of individuals to join together in groups

Question 26

What are Democratic Rights

Answer 26

the right of Canadian citizens to vote

Question 27

What are the four fundamental freedoms in section 2 of the charter

Answer 27

Freedom of Conscience and Religion, Freedom of Thought, Belief, Opinion, and Expression, Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, Freedom of Association.

Question 28

In the section of Democratic rights what two guarantees exist in relations to parliament

Answer 28

Federal Parliament and Provincial legislative must sit once every 12 months Election must be held every 5 years