Document Information Date: 1979-10-17 By: Canada Citation: Continuing Committee of Ministers on the Constitution, Rights and Freedoms within the Canadian Federation Federal Draft , [October 17, 1979] (Halifax: 22-23 October, 1979). Other formats: Coming soon. Title 1. This section and sections 2 to 23 may be cited as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Fundamental Freedoms 2. (1) Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, opinion and expression, including freedom in the dissemination of news, opinion and belief; and (c)… Read more Continuing Committee of Ministers on the Constitution, Rights and Freedoms within the Canadian Federation Federal Draft (17 October 1979) →
Document Information Date: 1979-01-22 By: Ontario Citation: Continuing Committee of Ministers on the Constitution, Proposed Charter of Rights & Freedoms, Ontario Draft, Doc 830-70/042 (Vancouver: 22-24 January, 1979). [Citation from Anne Bayefsky, Canada’s Constitution Act & Amendments: A Documentary History (1989)]. The document itself was found in the February 5-6, 1979 Conference papers: Report of the Continuing Committee of Ministers on the Constitution to First Ministers, Charter of Rights, Doc 800-010/010 (Ottawa: 5-6 February, 1979). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 5. The provisions of this… Read more Continuing Committee of Ministers on the Constitution, Proposed Charter of Rights & Freedoms, Ontario Draft (22 January 1979) →
Document Information Date: 1979-01-08 By: Canada Citation: Meeting of Officials on the Constitution, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Federal [Draft], (January 8, 1979), Doc 840-153/004 (Ottawa: 11-12 January, 1979). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). CONDIDENTIAL January 8, 1979 FEG:ahb:go DIVISION III Rights and Freedoms Within The Canadian Gederation General 5. The provisions of this division, which may be cited as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, set forth rights and freedoms that, in a free and democratic society, must be assured to the… Read more Meeting of Officials on the Constitution, Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms, Federal Draft (8 January 1979) →
Document Information Date: 1978-10-10 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, Parliament, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons on the Constitution of Canada, 30th Parl, 3rd Sess, No 20 (10 October 1978). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). REPRINT SENATE HOUSE OF COMMONS Issue No. 20 Tuesday, October 10, 1978 Joint Chairmen: Senator Maurice Lamontagne Mark MacGuigan, M. P. Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the… Read more Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons on the Constitution of Canada, 30th Parliament, 3rd Sess, No 20 (10 October 1978) →
Document Information Date: 1978-06-20 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Bill C-60, An Act to amend the Constitution of Canada with respect to matters coming within the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada, and to approve and authorize the taking of measures necessary for the amendment of the Constitution with respect to certain other matters, 3rd Sess, 30th Parl, SC, 1978. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF) and (PDF). C-60 Third Session, Thirtieth Parliament, 26-27 Elizabeth II, 1977-78 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-60 An… Read more Bill C-60, An Act to amend the Constitution of Canada with respect to matters coming within the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada […] SC, 1978 →
Document Information Date: 1971-06-14 By: Citation: Constitutional Conference, Victoria Charter (Victoria: 14-16 June 1971). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 1 — Political rights Art. 1. It is hereby recognized and declared that in Canada every person has the following fundamental freedoms: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of opinion and expression, and freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; and all laws shall be construed and applied so as not to abrogate or abridge any such freedom. Art. 2. No law of the Parliament… Read more Constitutional Conference, Canadian Constitutional Charter (Victoria Charter), 1971 (14-16 June 1971) →
Document Information Date: 1960-08-10 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, SC, 1960, c 44. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 8-9 Elizabeth II. An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [Assented to 10th August 1960] The Parliament of Canada, affirming that the Canadian Nation is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, the dignity and worth of the human person and the position of the family in… Read more An Act for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Canadian Bill of Rights), SC, 1960 →