Cases, Courts, and Charter

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  1. 8. The clause (Section 33) that allows a government to legally shield a law from certain Charter challenges for a five-year period.
  2. 9. The court case that weighed the conflicting rights of freedom of expression against freedom of the press (publication bans).
  3. 11. The act invoked by Justin Trudeau in 2025 (Feb 14, 2022 in the original text) to combat the Freedom Convoy.
  4. 12. The person criminally charged with promoting hatred in his classroom in Alberta.
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  1. 1. What a judge must find has occurred to a right before they can consider applying Section 1 or a remedy (Question: What does infringed mean?).
  2. 2. The right that was the central issue in the Keegstra case, which he used as his defense against the hate speech charge (Section 2b).
  3. 3. The freedom of a parent that was "seriously infringed" in the B. (R.) case due to the court-ordered blood transfusion.
  4. 4. The right, contained in the Bill of Rights but omitted from the Charter, that deals with owning or possessing private possessions.
  5. 5. The province where the Human Rights Code would apply to a private landlord refusing to rent to a First Nations person.
  6. 6. The legal term for the burden of proof (responsibility) that rests on the Children's Aid Society to justify limiting parental rights.
  7. 7. This Act, used during the October Crisis, was criticized for taking away rights and allowing jail time without a trial.
  8. 10. The legal term for the temporary court order given to the Children's Aid Society in the B. (R.) case to make medical decisions.