Law 2101 Chapter 3: Law 2101 - Chapter 3
22 Dec 2018
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Chapter #3 chapter of rights and freedoms. Sections of the charter: fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, equality rights, official languages of canada, minority language educational rights. Applies to the parliament and government in respect of all matters within the authority of parliament. Applies to legislature and government of each province in respect of all matters within the authority of provinces. State actors: effective control test to determine if someone is considered a state actor. The charter is vague, which requires work in order to understand what a right means. Originalism: an approach to understanding the charter by giving them the meaning that those who drafted the charter intended them to have. Intention-based interpretation: criticized because it is impossible to know the intentions of the drafters, assumes that there is a single intention shared by all involved in drafting the bill.
