Charter of Rights
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In the early 1980s, Canada was seeking to repatriate its constitution from the United Kingdom and to incorporate a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, similar to the US Bill of Rights.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
It cited a right in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms for citizens to enter and re-enter the country, although it rejected the government’s submission that they had to prove it had already been violated.
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023
“Our company and my family are proud to stand with these men and women as they uphold the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of our great nation,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
Cara Zwibel, acting general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, said it might however violate Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms if viewed as “a way of compelling people to get vaccinated”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2022
He therefore drew up a "Charter of Rights for the King and Nation" and sent it, not only to Lafayette, but also to Rabaud de Saint Etienne, a prominent defender of the newly reinstated Protestants.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard
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