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- 1. A document entrenched into the constitution in 1982 that lists and describes the fundamental rights guaranteed to all Canadians.
- 4. A nation's right to make rules and laws for themselves without outside influence.
- 5. Name for the 147 laws that gave the US government substantially increased
- 8. Scientifically proven truth, knowledge leading to progress, freedom based on reasonable laws, rational thinking as the basis for truth.
- 11. The final authority in the interpretation of laws in Canada and the United States.
- 13. Term for the government giving preferential treatment to a disadvantaged minority in education or hiring.
- 14. Latin term for the Right of Blood or citizenship based on nationality of parents.
- 16. Term for the process of becoming a citizen.
- 17. Outbreak of disease on a global scale is known as what?
- 19. An environmental activist group started in Vancouver.
- 23. Term which describes any beliefs outside the mainstream that often involve the use of violence and force to achieve their aims.
- 24. Japanese Canadians were denied what right until 1948?
- 26. African and Asian nations have suffered from what type of exploitation by more developed nations?
- 31. A specific right granted by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which says that all people are equal.
- 34. What is the limit to individual rights in Canada demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
- 36. When companies send factories and jobs overseas mostly for cheap labour it is known as what?
- 37. Life, liberty and property under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are known as what?
- 38. Act created in 1914 to give the Canadian Government power to suspend civil rights and arrest people without cause.
- 39. A specific right granted by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which says that you are free to remain in or leave Canada.
- 40. rights Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical or constitutional reasons.
- 43. The legal document in any democracy that outlines the basic rules for government to follow.
- 44. Section 25 of the Charter and Section 35 in the Constitution Act acknowledge what ongoing demand made by Aboriginal people to the Canadian government?
- 45. A specific freedom granted by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which says that you are free to follow any divine calling you choose.
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- 2. What act replaced the War Measures Act in 1988?
- 3. Term which describes a person who asks to be exempted from military service because of religious or philosophical beliefs.
- 6. The common good of society might require the violation of what rights?
- 7. Term meaning opposition to war and the refusal to be involved in it.
- 9. Canada has 24% of the world's supply of this important resource.
- 10. The policy of various ideological groups to disrupt the affairs of an enemy state by the use of violent acts against non-combatants.
- 12. In 1942 Japanese Canadians had their property seized and were resettled away from the West Coast known as the Japanese ____________.
- 15. In 1914 German, Austrian, Hungarian and Ukrainian immigrants had their rights restricted and were classified as what?
- 18. rights protect from arbitrary government action.
- 19. What did Bill C38 make legal in Canada?
- 20. Name of the 1970 crisis which forced Pierre Trudeau to enact a law to limit civil rights, outlaw the FLQ, and put troops into Quebec (martial law).
- 21. What new Canadian law was passed in 2001 which allowed greater police powers and increased punishment for terrorist Acts?
- 22. This type of human right includes the right to do things like freedom of speech for example.
- 25. to monitor and arrest terror suspects.
- 27. Membership by birth or naturalization in a society or country that entails definable rights of participation as well as certain responsibilities to the country.
- 28. The highest level of Judicial power in Canada.
- 29. The UN sponsored international environmental agreement designed to decrease Greenhouse Gas emissions while helping Less Developed Nations improve their economic development.
- 30. Latin term for the Right of the soil or citizenship determined by place of birth.
- 32. Term meaning a preoccupation with consumer goods and their acquisition in order to denote status.
- 33. Term for when government requires forced military service in times of war.
- 35. Another name for classical conservatism.
- 41. A specific freedom granted by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which says that you are free to belong to any group you choose.
- 42. A term meaning ideologies opposed to the values, beliefs, and principles of liberalism, usually referring to undemocratic actions.