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Mar 25, 2020 · In 1985, the House of Commons created a Standing Committee on Multiculturalism to address these criticisms and modernize multicultural policy. The committee published a report with a list of recommendations in 1987. On 1 December 1987, Secretary of State David Crombie introduced the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.
Feb 29, 2024 · Section 13 is being reborn as part of the Liberal’s online harms bill. Here's how the hate speech law was killed last time in Canada’s first online culture war. Joseph Brean. Published Feb 29 ...
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- Limiting police powers. One of the more significant changes over the past 30 years has been court-enforced legal safeguards and accountability for policing, Des Rosiers observes.
- Women's reproductive rights. The key decision in this instance was the 1988 Morgentaler case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Criminal Code sections on abortion were unconstitutional.
- Recognition of the LGBT community. Through a series of decisions the courts have recognized rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Canadians, despite the fact that sexual orientation is not specifically mentioned in the charter itself.
- Linguistic rights for francophones outside Quebec. Through a series of provincial and Supreme Court decisions, the charter gave francophones outside Quebec access to French schools, school boards and even hospitals.
Apr 29, 2021 · After more than 25 years of Canadian governments pursuing a hands-off approach to the online world, the government of Justin Trudeau is now pushing Bill C-10, a law that would see...
Apr 9, 2024 · The Canadian Civil Liberties Association criticized the bill, saying it would lead to “overbroad violations of expressive freedom, privacy, protest rights and liberty,” and would give a...
Mar 20, 2024 · The federal Liberal government tabled electoral reform legislation Wednesday that seeks to alter the way voters cast their ballots in a series of ways, while proposing measures to better protect...
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Sep 15, 2023 · OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s plan to change the Competition Act, announced Thursday and aimed at trying to tackle rising living costs, are being called overdue by long-time critics of ...
