This week marks the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, the Conservative government isn't doing much commemorating, which driving this dude crazy. He complains that "We're celebrating the 25th anniversary this week and they don't want to have anything to do about it. It's just kind of shocking."
The Daily Dissidence would like to commemorate the Charter, but mainly for what it failed to provide to working-class Canadians, including:
- the right to collective bargaining
- the right to strike
- the right to a job
- the right to a living wage
The Charter is also a failure for failing to guarantee the signature of Quebec, leaving a major void in the country's constitution. After brokering a deal behind this man's back, Chretien shouldn't be doing much celebrating. And for the Charter's failure to provide substantive positive rights to Canadians, we shouldn't be doing much celebrating either.
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The Charter is part of the so-called "Constitution Act, 1982". The "United Kingdom", referred to in the present draft of the "Canada Act, 1982, including the Constitution Act, 1982", refers to the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, not the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland".
According to the British North America Act, 1867, the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion under the Crown of the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", not the Crown of the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
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