Individual Rights and Freedoms

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  1. 2. RIGHTS The section of the Charter dealing with rights based on the Justice System, such as the right to a fair trial
  2. 4. The police force involved in a case regarding the freedom of religion concerning wearing a turban
  3. 6. TERRORISM ACT Legislation enacted after September 11, 2001, which included new security measures like the no-fly list
  4. 9. CRISIS The 1970 event during which the War Measures Act was last used
  5. 10. RIGHTS The section of the Charter guaranteeing the right to be free of discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, or disability
  6. 11. UNION An organization of workers that acts to protect their rights and interests
  7. 15. The act of treating someone unfairly based on factors like race, gender, age, or disability, which Equality Rights protect against
  8. 16. right of Canadian citizens to move anywhere within Canada and to enter, stay in, or leave Canada
  9. 18. DAY ACT The law overturned by the Supreme Court in 1985 for violating Canadians' fundamental right to freedom of conscience and religion
  10. 19. The name of the plaintiff who successfully argued that failing to provide sign-language interpreters in hospitals violated equality rights
  11. 21. The Canadian group whose homes and businesses were sold off by the government during WWII internment
  12. 23. YEARS The maximum duration between elections for the House of Commons or provincial legislative assemblies
  13. 24. MEASURES ACT Legislation used during WWI and WWII that gave the government the ability to restrict the rights of people, leading to internment
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  1. 1. Clause 8 of the Charter protects everyone from
  2. 3. The freedom to share your opinions, one of the fundamental freedoms ASSIMILATION The attempt to make First Nations people more European through acts like the Indian Act
  3. 5. A special set of laws that establishes a framework of governance and is the highest law of Canada
  4. 7. The confinement of people without trial, used against Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians during the World Wars
  5. 8. The rules that describe what government can do with its power FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS The section of the Charter that guarantees freedom of religion and expression
  6. 12. INNOCENT Legal right stating that you are considered this until proven guilty in a fair and public trial
  7. 13. HOWARD STOWE Canada’s first female doctor who founded a club to promote women's suffrage in 1876
  8. 14. SEARCH OR SEIZURE
  9. 17. ACT Legislation passed in 1876 that historically restricted the rights and freedoms of First Nations people, for example, by banning traditional ceremonies
  10. 20. RIGHTS The section of the Charter that includes the right to vote MOBILITY RIGHTS
  11. 22. The movement of women gaining the right to vote