Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a document containing an equality clause.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- June 2015: Andrew Foulds argued that the foundations of this document are being undermined by Bill C-51.[2]
- January 2017: Social media users suggested that previous comments made by the owner of IceHutRentals might violate this charter.[3]
- August 2018: The charter was cited in a 2018 Assembly of First Nations resolution to strengthen the case for the rights of disabled children.[4]
- March 2019: Lobbying by Indigenous women led to the entrenchment of rights in this 1982 document. Section 15 of this document protects both equality before the law and equality under the law.[5]
- January 2020: The Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement accepts the application of the Charter while also requiring Canada to accept core Anishinabek laws.[6]
- August 2020: Youth plaintiffs argue that weakening climate targets violates their rights to life, liberty, and security of the person under this law. The lawsuit seeks to prove that the current provincial greenhouse gas targets are unconstitutional.[7]
- January 2021: Seven youth argue that reductions to climate change targets violate rights to life, liberty, and security of the person protected by the Charter. According to Ecojustice, a court ruled for the first time that rights under this document can be threatened by climate change.[8]
- October 2021: Doreen McKenzie argues that the inability to pass Indian status to her children due to a parent's enfranchisement violates section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[9]
- November 2021: The Indian Act was amended in 1985 to bring it into better alignment with the equality provisions of this document.[10]
- July 2022: Section 7 of the document guarantees the right to security of the person, which includes reproductive rights.[11]
- December 2022: Proposed changes to this document include reinforcing the rights of citizens to participate in decision-making matters that affect Indigenous rights.[12]
- April 2024: Work by Marlene Pierre helped ensure that this document included an equality clause.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fort William Elder celebrates 80th birthday", Anishinabek News, 23 April 2024 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Letter to the editor: Opposition to Bill C-51", Anishinabek News, 26 June 2015 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Outrage over discrimination to ‘Status Card Users’", Anishinabek News, 3 January 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Chief Peter Collins champions disabled children at AFN assembly", Anishinabek News, 9 August 2018 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "17 Tuesdays for 6(1)a All the Way!", Anishinabek News, 12 March 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Correcting assertions in legal opinions on the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement", Anishinabek News, 24 January 2020 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Group of youth take on province to protect climate", Anishinabek News, 1 August 2020 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Seven youth continue battle of challenged provincial climate change policies", Anishinabek News, 18 January 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Letter to the editor: Support for legal claim to challenge the ongoing impacts of enfranchisement", Anishinabek News, 8 October 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Gehl v Canada: Challenging Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act", Anishinabek News, 24 November 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Survivors of forced and coerced sterilization deserve government apology, compensation: Senate committee", Anishinabek News, 21 July 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Anishinabek Nation submits UNDRIP report to Justice Canada", Anishinabek News, 26 December 2022 (archived copy; original article).