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Charter of Rights

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noun

Canadian.
  1. a section of the Canadian Constitution containing a statement of the basic rights of citizens of Canada.


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Number three: the Canadian Constitution included a section in the Charter of Rights that stated every person in Canada was - in the eyes of the law - equal.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

Lawyers argued the agreement violates asylum-seekers' rights to equal treatment and to life, liberty and security of the person under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2022

The original 2016 law was a response to a 2015 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that federal criminal law prohibiting assisted death violated the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 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

A Charter of Rights, solemnly established by the King and Nation.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson