Unit 2: Justice System (ch. 3-5)
Unit 2 Calendar
Unit 2 Handout
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Textbook: Chapter 3-5
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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1. What is common law?
2. What was a problem with the Bill of Rights (1960) that has been fixed with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)? 3. Give an example of your fundamental freedoms. 4. Give an example of your democratic rights. 5. Give an example of your mobility rights. 6. Give an example of your legal rights. 7. Give an example of your equality rights. 8. According to the Charter, you are allowed to demand access to educational and government services in which languages? 9. Why is the enforcement clause so important? 10. What is the notwithstanding clause? Complete the Case Studies posted to Google Classroom using the Charter of Rights & Freedoms
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Collective Rights
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Aboriginal Collective Rights
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1. What are collective rights?
2. What does it mean when we say that the relationship between First Nations and European settlers went from cooperation, to competition, to coercion? 3. What is the importance of the Royal Proclamation of 1763? 4. What are your thoughts of my analogy of the treaties being rent payments – do you agree or disagree, and explain why? 5. Why are the treaty agreements considered a collective right? 6. What is one issue relating to treaty rights that creates controversy and what is the conflict that exists – be sure to explain clearly? 7. What was the purpose of the Indian Act? 8. What is the Indian Act often seen as a document that hurts more than it helps? 9. Currently how is the relationship between First Nations groups and the government of Canada? 10. Why is the situation different for the Metis people? |
Francophone Collective Rights
1. Why would the experience of the Acadians be a concern to French settlers in Canada?
2. Why is the Battle on the Plains of Abraham an important event in Canadian history? 3. Why did the British give the French collective rights after the British gained control of the Canadian colonies? 4. Why did the Canadian government cancel many of the collective rights of the Francophones? 5. What was the Quiet Revolution? 6. What was the government’s response to the Quiet Revolution? 7. What is the controversy surrounding Bill 101? 8. What is the goal of the Parti Quebecois and the Bloc Quebecois? |
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Immigration
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