POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Charter Of The French Language, Patriation, War Measures Act
Document Summary
Rights and freedoms are commonly classified into four categories. Political properties including fundamental freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and religion. Legal rights including the procedural rights of a person suspected or accused of committing a crime. Equality rights including freedom from discrimination on the bases gender, race, religion, or age. Economic rights is more controversial right to own property is recognized in law but not enshrined in the charter. Federalism allowed courts to engage in judicial review in the sense of invalidating federal or provincial legislation that violated the division of powers. Federalism also opened door to judicial review in the protection of rights and freedoms. Both federal and provincial politicians were occasionally guilty of violating civil liberties. Led to diefenbaker enacting the canadian bill of rights in 1960; was influenced by the un"s adoption of the universal declaration on human rights.
