Charter of Rights & Freedoms
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From  NEW! “A caged animal”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines a pivotal summer in 1978, when Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s government grappled with constitutional reform, the contentious Petro-Canada bid for Husky … | Ron Graham | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  A Dangerous Deed: The Constitution Act, 1982From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1983 article by Donald V. Smiley arguing that the gains from enacting the Constitution Act, 1982 were outweighed by damage done to Canada’s legal, political and constitutional order. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! “A mistake”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines December 2 to 4, 1980, offering a revealing window into the internal struggle within Pierre Trudeau’s cabinet over whether to advance the constitutional … | Ron Graham | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! “A restless time”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the Liberal Party’s internal dynamics under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot … | Ron Graham | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From  A Socio-Cultural and Critical Analysis of Educational Policies and Programs for Minority Youth in British Columbia |
Diane Dagenais; June Beynon; Linda LaRochque; Roumiana Ilieva | 24 | 2005 | $2.40 Add | |
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From Aboriginal People and Stories of Canadian HistoryInvestigating Barriers to Transforming Relationships |
Susan Dion | 25 | 2005 | $2.50 Add | |
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From  Aboriginal RightsOutside the Charter but inside the rights regime |
Chapter 8 is on Aboriginal rights. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 — the section affirming Aboriginal rights — is the first section after the Charter of Rights. Although not … | Ian Greene | 37 | 2014 | $3.70 Add |
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From Accommodating Religious DifferenceThe Canadian Experience |
Lois Sweet | 25 | 2005 | $2.50 Add | |
 An Emergency in OttawaThe Story of the Convoy Commission |
On Feb 14, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made what might be the most controversial decision of his tenure, invoking the Emergencies Act to end a three-week occupation of downtown … | Paul Wells | 101 | 2023 | View |
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From  An Ill-Fated ArrivalFrom: The Two Michaels |
In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson recount the December 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, at Vancouver International Airport at the request of the United … | Fen Osler Hampson; Mike Blanchfield | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, 1989 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that a citizenship requirement in the provincial Barristers and Solicitors Act breached equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
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From Auton v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2004 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that the Province of British Columbia’s refusal to fund a particular treatment for preschool-aged autistic children did not breach the equality … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
 NEW! Bench StrengthJudging a Century of Tax Avoidance in Canada |
Kerry Harnish, an expert in tax policy and a former senior official with Finance Canada, provides an authoritative account of the Supreme Court of Canada’s approach to income tax avoidance … | Kerry Harnish | 484 | 2025 | View |
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From Bringing the Constitution HomeFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1990 article by Jean Chrétien outlining the process by which the Constitution was patriated. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that provisions of the Criminal Code prohibiting bawdy-houses, living on the avails of prostitution, and communicating in public for the purposes of … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that provisions of the Criminal Code prohibiting bawdy-houses, living on the avails of prostitution, and communicating in public for the purposes of … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
