Charter of Rights
Americannoun
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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
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
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
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 Chinard, Gilbert
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