CCRF turns 25
April 21, 2007 by thinking girl
I thought I should mention that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms turned 25 this week. While there is still controversy around the Charter, I think for the most part it’s pretty great to have a piece of legislation that ensures the rights of Canadian citizens - especially the right to equality.
There is still a lot of work to be done in terms of achieving equality, real, substantive equality, in this country. I think our social welfare programs and economic safety nets need to be strengthened instead of threatened, as always seems to be the case. And I think we should recognize that the Charter is not working to full capacity in terms of alleviating the burden of structural, systemic oppression that affects the lives of so many Canadians. But overall, it’s a pretty great document, and I’m glad we have it.
So, Happy Birthday CCRF!
SO very weird - guess who else turned 25 this year?
And who considers herself an I-dealist [Im so much better/nicerabove than all y'all] and would move to Canada if not for the terribly-cold?
and what age do our “brainz” “mature” at [when will car rental companies lend us a vehicle without trying to rip us off some insane amount for our "safety"]?
and…uh…not to go all crazy with the blogschmearing or anything, but - didja see my Right/left Brain post?
see? mind the [generation] gap, you wacky Americans!
(and whose webi-friends are all either “older” than or more “knowledgeable” than herowndamnself?)
ok, i’ll stop in a second:
her/o/wn//
dam/n/sel//f
Happy Birthday CCRF. It’s great that the in Canada the Bill of Rights is safely entrenched in the Constitution, the supreme law; though we have a decent government here in NZ, our legal human rights protection is chillingly inadequate.