Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes -Padlock Law, War Measures Act, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
29 Apr 2013
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Chapter 19: the charter of rights and freedoms. Rule of law: requires that every official act be based on law. Each province and territory in canada has such a code, as does the federal government, and they are enforced by human rights commissions through investigation, conciliation and it necessary, adjudication of disputes. A discussion of protecting rights and freedoms in canada can be divided into three eras: canada inherited the british system based on parliamentary restraint with parliamentary. Canadians" civil liberties depended on politicians" voluntarily respecting them or protecting them in legislation. The canadian situation was complicated by the adoption of federalism. Hence, canada possessed two supreme legislation, one in ottawa and another in the provinces, each operating within its own constitutional jurisdiction. Federalism allowed the courts to engage in judicial review in the sense of invalidating federal or provincial legislation that violated the division of power.
