POLI 1119 Lecture Notes - October Crisis
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Any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the. Any rights or freedoms that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired: elevates treaty rights. Charter canadians: charter created new sense of being canadian, term coined by alan cairns (1988) Felt that the charter instituted a new way of being. We all have rights to trump the state. Shapes the way we look at the crown, parliament, etc: nevitte (decline of deference) argues part of a world wide movement. Throughout the world, rights revolution (late 70s) What"s important isn"t who"s right; what"s important is to understand that the charter was part of the reorganization: sovereignty shifted from crown and constitution to the people of. Canadians had a sense of ownership over the constitution: individual canadians now express their citizenship through rights discourse. The charter: consequences: over 1000 charter cases per year in canada, about 25 per year by a superior or supreme court.
