PSCI 1100 Lecture 6: 6. and 7. The Charter Pt. 2
23 Mar 2016
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Idea that, despite the fact we have fundamental rights and freedoms, they"re no unlimited. Charter now part of the const of ca begins w/ sec 1: The canadian charter of rights and freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits justifiable in a free and democratic society . Circumstances when rights and freedoms can be limited, but not denied. Ppl have to know what it is, be able to access and read it, and understand what exactly the limitaion applies to. Ex: censorship laws (regulate what we can and can"t read, what can and can"t be brought into the country) What consitutes obscene material has to be deined and speciied by law (ex: child pornography) Ex: niqab controversy of 2015 fed elecion when pm described his objecion to anyone doing that, he said it wasn"t the.
