Our Rights in Canada


Target


This lesson is about the rights and freedoms we all share in Canada. You will learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and how it protects the rights of Canadians.

Introduction


The following is an excerpt from a very important law in our country.

“Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society."

What on earth is this? Fancy language often appears in legislation, but what’s all this about the rule of law, reasonable limits’, etc.?