Political Science 2230E Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Judicial Council, Kimberley Nixon, Judicial Independence
13 Apr 2016
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Female refugees act (1919: define the term. Ontario statute, enforced from 1896-1958, specifically section 15 of the act. Allowed women to be locked up and forced to work in industrial factories for no wage. Ex: talk about velma demerson as an example, talk about what happened to her. Narrow significance, thousands of women like demerson who worked as domestic slaves for years, they were robbed of their lives with no trial, no due process. Broader significance, a host of ways that the canadian state was an active participant in failing to provide women with full citizenship rights: maybe even bring in racism into explanation, as. Demerson"s husband, yip was asian: as state actively participated in the racial segregation, and oppression of women. Substantive equality: define it, a measure of equality that goes beyond formal equality. Formal equality especially as it pertains to men and women, that the state has to provide rights and liberties equal to everyone.
