PHL271H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Positive Liberty, Hate Speech
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Difference between treating people the same and treating people as equals: same thing: particular job offering, chance to have a job, etc (positive liberty, equals, lots of laws treats people don"t give the same equality. Hate speech can"t have a hate speech. Taxation higher bracket of income means higher percentage of tax. It"s important that we have a right to equals in the section 15 o. Section 15 of the charter: governs the relationship to the people in canada, there"s private laws not covered in section 15. Subsection 1 main section: every individual is equal to the law, and everyone is equally protected by the law, without discrimination, whether by sex, The government interpret this as a protection against discrimination, not as an expansive: the reason that the government is in the business in interpreting sect 15. Up to the courts to define what the definitions of discriminations are, by interpreting sect 15.
