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
It is this; that the King, in a seance royale, should come forward with a Charter of Rights in his hand, to be signed by himself and by every member of the three orders.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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