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Date: 1980-11-20
By: Canada, Department of Justice
Citation: [Department of Justice?], Annex [Drafts] (20 November 1980).
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“1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits established by law as are demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society.”

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“1. La Charte Canadienne des droits et libertés garantit les droits et libertés énoncés ci-après, sous les seules réserves que justifie la raison dans une société libre et démocratique de régime parlementaire.”

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(a) adding immediately after paragraph 11(d) of the proposed Constitution Act, 1980, the following paragraph:

“(e) to the benefit of trial by jury where the maximum punishment for the offence of which the person has been charged is imprisonment for ten years or a more severe punishment.”

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13. A witness who is compelled to testify in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used against that witness in any other proceedings, except a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.

13. Chacun a droit, s’il est contraint de témoigner, à ce qu’aucun témoignage incriminant qu’il aura rendu ne soit utilisé contre lui dans d’autres procédures, sauf lors de poursuites pour parjure ou pour témoignage contradictoire.

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“Equality Rights

15. (1) Everyone is equal before ^[under] the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion or sex.

(2) This section does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of persons or groups that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion or sex.”

15. (1) Tous sont égaux devant la loi et ont droit à la même protection et au même bénéfice de la loi, indépendamment de toute distinction fondée sur la race, l’origine nationale ou ethnique, la couleur, la religion ou le sexe.

(2) Le présent article n’a pas pour effet d’interdire les lois, programmes ou activités destinés à améliorer la situation des personnes et des groupes défavorisés du fait de leur race, de leur origine nationale ou ethnique, de leur couleur, de leur religion ou de leur sexe. »

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20. Any member of the public in Canada has the right to communicate with, and to receive available services from, any head or central office of an institution of the Parliament or government of Canada in English or French, and has the same right with respect to any other office of any such institution where it is determined, in such manner as may be prescribed or authorized by Parliament, that there is a significant demand for communications with and services from that office in both English and French.

20. Le public a, au Canada, droit à l’emploi de l’une ou l’autre langue officielle pour communiquer avec le siege ou l’administration centrale des institutions du Parlement ou du gouvernement du Canada ou pour en recevoir les services; il a le même droit à l’égard de tout bureau de ces institutions dans le cas où il est reconnu, conformément aux modalités prévues ou autorisées par le Parlement, que l’emploi des deux langues officielles pour communiquer avec ce bureau ou pour en recevoir les services fait l’objet d’une demande importante.”

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ALTERNATIVE I

“25. Where no other effective recourse or remedy is available or provided for by law, anyone whose rights or freedoms, as declared by this Charter, have been infringed or denied to his or her detriment has the right to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such relief or remedy as the court deems appropriate and just in the circumstances.”

ALTERNATIVE II

“25. Where no other legal recourse or remedy is available, anyone whose rights or freedoms, as declared by this Charter, have been infringed or denied to his or her detriment has the right to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain relief or remedy by way of declaration, injunction, damages or penalty, as may be appropriate and just in the circumstances.”

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