SOC209H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Propaganda Due, Equal Protection Clause
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Guarantees every canadian citizen certain basic rights and freedoms: defines our common rights, the limitations clause. Your rights and freedoms can be limited but only in order to protect other rights or national values: i. e. hate propaganda and pornography. In order to limit the right, the state/government must prove the infringement is a reasonable limit in a free and democratic society. Government"s response must be reasonable and democratically justified. Consistently used to limit freedom of expression especially in the area of hate propaganda: fundamental freedoms. You are free to practice any religion you want and believe what you want. Freedom of the press has been recently denied on many occasions. You have the right to demonstrate, such as the g20 protests. 3 every canadian citizen over 18 can vote. 4 no house of commons and no legislative assembly shall continue longer than five years (usually after 4 years)
