CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS February 11, 2006 7:49 PM
Fundamental Freedoms:
Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
( a ) freedom of conscience and religion;
( b ) freedom of thought, brleif, opion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communiction;
( c ) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
( d ) freedom of association
These freedoms are set out in the Charter to ensure that Canadains are free to create and to exspress their ideas, gather to dicuss them and communicate them widely to other people. These activities are basic forms of indivdual liberty. They are also important to the success of a democracy society like Canada. In a democracy, people must be free to discuss matters of pubilc ploicy, criticize goverenments and offer their own solutions to social problems.
Equality Rights
(1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination based on race, religion, sex. age or mentel disability.
The above statements are taken from the Canadain Charter of Rights And Freedoms. To get a copie of this. Write to Human Rights Program Citizens' Particpation Directorate 15 Eddy Strret Hull Quebec KIA OM5
Rights and freedoms in Canada 1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
Fundamental freedoms 2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: a) freedom of conscience and religion; b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and d) freedom of association
3. Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein.
Maximum duration of legislative bodies
4. (1) No House of Commons and no legislative assembly shall continue for longer than five years from the date fixed for the return of the writs of a general election of its members.
Continuation in special circumstances
(2) In time of real or apprehended war, invasion or insurrection, a House of Commons may be continued by Parliament and a legislative assembly may be continued by the legislature beyond five years if such continuation is not opposed by the votes of more than one-third of the members of the House of Commons or the legislative assembly, as the case may be.
Annual sitting of legislative bodies
5. There shall be a sitting of Parliament and of each legislature at least once every twelve months