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• I am Canadian, free to speak without fear, free
  to worship in my own way, free to stand up for
  what I think is right, free to oppose what I
  believe is wrong, or free to choose those who
  shall govern my Country. This is my heritage of
  freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and
  Mankind.
• - Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker

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Rights and Freedoms

• Freedoms A legal, moral or social entitlement
  due to all human beings because they are human
  beings.
• Example The freedom to think whatever you want
  to think as long as it does not hurt another
  person.

• Rights The ability to conduct one's affairs
  without the interference of the government.
• Example The right to privacy without the police
  being able to bust in your home

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Notwithstanding Clause

• What is it?
• Clause built into the charter that allows for
  governments to ignore a law and make a new law
  that suits the needs of the government. Sometimes
  this can go against the Charter.
• So what can be over-ridden in the Charter?
• Fundamental freedoms, legal rights, and equality
  rights.
• Portions of the Charter that cannot be
  over-ridden are the democratic rights, equality
  rights and mobility rights.

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Notwithstanding Clause

• This clause is only temporary.
• Only good for 5 years.
• As soon as the 5 years is up the legislation is
  no good unless the clause is used again by the
  government.

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• Take some time with your partner to come up with
  a definition of the Notwithstanding Clause.
• Write this in your notes

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• Take a second to turn to page 598 of your
  textbooks to read Section 1 of the Charter of
  Rights and Freedoms. Take a second to ponder what
  that statement means. Focus on the term
  Reasonable limits.

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Reasonable Limits

• Greek to me? What does this mean to me?
• This means that we have constitutionally
  guaranteed rights that could not be taken away
  from us unless the government has a good reason
  to take them away from a person.

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James Keegstra

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  /second-world-war/life-after-auschwitz/the-young-m
  ust-learn.html

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• Take a couple of minutes to define Reasonable
  Limits with your partner.
• Put your definition with your notes.