Rights and Freedoms Flashcards
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Which Canadian document first explicitly protected rights and freedoms before the Charter was adopted?
Answer: The Canadian Bill of Rights (1960)
The Canadian Bill of Rights, enacted in 1960 under Prime Minister Diefenbaker, was Canada's first federal law to protect civil liberties, though it applied only to federal law.
Freedom of peaceful assembly in Canada means people have the right to:
Answer: Gather together in groups for lawful purposes
Freedom of peaceful assembly, guaranteed under Section 2(c) of the Charter, protects the right to gather in groups for lawful, non-violent purposes.
Which court is the final authority on interpreting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Answer: The Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court and has final say on the interpretation and application of the Charter.
What remedy can a Canadian court grant if evidence was obtained in a way that violated Charter rights?
Answer: Exclusion of the evidence from the trial
Under Section 24(2) of the Charter, courts can exclude evidence obtained through a Charter violation if admitting it would bring the administration of justice into disrepute.
Which of the following is NOT a protected ground under Section 15 (equality rights) of the Charter?
Answer: Political opinion
Section 15 lists race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, and mental or physical disability as protected grounds; political opinion is not among them.
How does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms primarily differ from ordinary federal law?
Answer: The Charter is part of the Constitution and overrides inconsistent legislation
As part of Canada's Constitution, the Charter is supreme law; any legislation inconsistent with it can be struck down by the courts.
What year was the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms officially entrenched in the Constitution?
Answer: 1982
The Charter became part of Canada's Constitution on April 17, 1982, when the Constitution Act, 1982 was proclaimed.