LAW 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Ontario Human Rights Code, Protected Group

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 321
• Professor: Peter Wilson

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Prohibitions against discrimination are founded solely in legislation. They have no basis in common law: ref. The canadian constitution is founded on two discrete constitutional documents: the constitution act, 1867, the constitution act, 1982. Part 1 canadian charter of rights and freedoms. All other laws in canada have to comply with the canadian charter of. Section 15. 1 of the charter has been interpreted by the supreme court of canada in a broad and liberal fashion: ref. The charter does(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:448)ade (cid:455)ou(cid:396) p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ate spa(cid:272)e; if (cid:455)ou (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e dis(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)ato(cid:396)(cid:455) i(cid:374) (cid:455)ou(cid:396) o(cid:449)(cid:374) ho(cid:373)e, (cid:455)ou a(cid:396)e a(cid:271)le to do so. Rwdsu local 580 v dolphin delivery ltd. , (1986) scc. Allows any parliament or legislature contract out those particular sections: section 33. 3. (cid:862)a de(cid:272)la(cid:396)atio(cid:374) (cid:373)ade u(cid:374)de(cid:396) su(cid:271)se(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:1005) shall (cid:272)ease to ha(cid:448)e effe(cid:272)t fi(cid:448)e (cid:455)ea(cid:396)s afte(cid:396) it (cid:272)o(cid:373)es i(cid:374)to fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e o(cid:396) o(cid:374) su(cid:272)h ea(cid:396)lie(cid:396) date as (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e spe(cid:272)ified i(cid:374) the de(cid:272)la(cid:396)atio(cid:374)(cid:863: section 33. 4.