POLS 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fundamental Justice, Sunday Shopping, Narcotic Control Act

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1200
• Professor: Jacqueline Krikorian

Document Summary

Lecture 5: violation of canadian charter of rights and freedoms. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication. (example: child pornography is not a freedom of expression) 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. (example of violation: refusing the right for prisoners to vote is inconsistent with this provision) Abortion: fetus- right to life or mother- right to choose) Ask if it"s a reasonable limit on your rights. Whether or not the government can justify a limit on that right or freedom. (government actors) Once it"s determined whether a r or f has been violated; (ex. prisoners being barred under the prisoners act-inconsistent with section 3 of the charter), than the court decides whether or not it"s a reasonable limit.