Exam 6: Rights and Freedoms

Which Supreme Court decision included the following quotation: "Indeed, one may quite plausibly contend that it is through rejecting hate propaganda that the state can best encourage the protection of values central to freedom of expression, while simultaneously demonstrating dislike for the vision forwarded by hate-mongers"?

Although the "notwithstanding" clause appears to provide governments with a constitutional escape hatch from much of the Charter, it has rarely had this effect.

What were the details of Harper v. Canada (2004)?

Which freedom would most likely be cited to support the idea that an individual has the right to picket their employer?

Which of the following is not a consideration in the Oakes test?

What was the name of the significant 1948 United Nations' rights document?

What is the name of the notable two-part test related to section 1-on reasonable limits-of the Charter?

What year did the Canadian Bill of Rights become law?

What part of the Charter is the following quotation referring to: "What the Charter gives, the legislature may take away"?

What are some of the general principles of interpretation that guide the courts in Charter cases?

What party was in power in Alberta that led to the Alberta Press case, 1938?

Which of the following are considered political rights/fundamental freedoms?

Many critics of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms felt that it would "Americanize" Canadian politics.

In R. MacGregor Dawson's Constitutional Issues in Canada, 1900-1931, how many references to rights are there?

The case of Harper v. Canada (2004) dealt with freedom of expression.

What rights were protected in the Constitution Act, 1867?

How can the interests of the Charter and Crown collide?

What sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms can the "notwithstanding" clause apply to?

Under what circumstances was the "notwithstanding" clause included in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

There is an average of 500 Charter cases decided by the Supreme Court each year.