The Importance Of Legal Rights In Canada

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Have you ever needed to go to court? Most citizens do, for whatever reason weather it be for legal reasons or you weren’t treated fairly in the workplace, the charter of rights and freedoms has your back, it has laws placed so you can be protected. There are a lot of rights, such as Legal rights, Equality rights, and a Fundamental freedoms. All these rights affect all Canadians at one point.
Legal rights, rights that have to do with legal rights. Let’s say you get arrested for a small crime, like shoplifting. The legal rights are there in place for you to have a fair and quick trial by the court that assumes if you as a citizen is innocent until proven guilty. You have the right to a fair trial, and be judged fairly. What does that mean? Well, you have the right to a lawyer, a parent or guardian present, and the right to be free of imprisonment, if you’re innocent. …show more content…

This means you have the right not to be harmed by your gender or your age. Until the 1920’s, women didn't have the right to vote and were considered, “things”. Emily Murphy did not like this at all. She challenged the court and it even went as far as the supreme court! Later on the famous five got a lot of attention and finally got the right to vote in 1916. Another example, of unfairness is in 1941 during world war II, Japan attacked pearl harbour. February of 1942 canada's government decided to move all people of Japanese origin away from the west coast. Under the war measures act, more than 20 000 men, women, and children were forced to leave their communities, bringing only what they could carry. The Japanese people were not treated fairly. The government didn’t trust the Japanese, even if most of them didn't do anything. Now a days they are treated fairly because of the Legal freedoms part of the charter of rights and

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