POL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Equal Protection Clause, Affirmative Action, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 221
• Professor: Scott Mc Leod

Document Summary

I envision a bill of rights that will not only be broader in scope than the existing legislation but will also be firmly entrenched constitutionally. pierre trudeau, a constitutional declaration of rights . Civil liberties: rights and freedoms that are formal, justifiable, legal entitlements that individuals assume or claim from the state that are in turn recognized and guaranteed by the authority of the institutions of government. Rights & freedoms the four categories: political liberties, legal rights, equality rights, economic rights. The road to the charter (three historical eras) Premised on the british historical tradition of parliamentary restraint within the context of parliamentary supremacy. Pre-confederation era to 1960: the recognition, respect of and protection civil liberties in. Canada was essentially unwritten any civil liberties canadians enjoyed remained contingent upon the voluntary, tacit legislative commitments of parliamentarians. Hence, lacking the constitutional assurances of any written statement on civil liberties, pre 1960, canadians" rights and freedoms were not always universally upheld.