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Hi there! This blog is for anyone who wants to learn about "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms"!

Minority Language/Educational Rights

If you would like to know more about Canada's minority language and educational rights, read below!

- Everyone that lives in Canada that have received their primary school instruction in Canada in English or French and live in a province where the language in which they received that instruction is the language or English or French linguistic minority population of the province.
- Everyone in Canada whose first language is learned and still understood is that of English or French linguistic minority population of the province that they live in.
- Anyone in Canada that has a child that has gotten or is going to get a primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada has the right to have all of their children to get a primary or secondary school instruction (in the same language).

An example in real life is when (let's say) you came from Paris (France) to Calgary (Canada) and your parents were finding a school for you. They (parents) would ask the school for some instruction in their language (French).




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Official Languages of Canada

Here is some info on the official languages of Canada:

- The official languages of Canada are *drumroll* English and French.

- English and French is also the official language in New Brunswick.

- Everyone has the right to speak English and French anytime (i.e. debates) and other proceedings of Parliament.

An example in life is when you do debates and such (like in above), you have the right to talk in English or French. If you didn't have that right or freedom (whichever it is) then maybe they'd make you speak a different language like (for example) Russian. If you didn't know that language then maybe you'd (MAYBE) get punished or something. We are lucky to have official languages.

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Equality Rights

When you live somewhere that has equality rights, some rights are:

- Every person is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection, equal benefit of the law without discrimination.

- Some specifics (for right above), without discrimination based on race, nationality, colour, region, gender, age  or mental and physical disability.

- It doesn't avert any law, program or activity that has conditions of disadvantaged people or groups that have a different race, nationality, colour, region, gender, age or mental and physical disability.

An example in real life is when (lets say) you want to join a soccer team and we didn't have equality rights and you're (lets say) black. If we didn't have them (equality rights) and you were black, they wouldn't let you join because of your skin colour. BUT if you did have equality rights, you would be able to join no matter what your skin colour, nationality, gender etc. was. Because you get the right to do something if you look or do things different/differently.

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                               Legal Rights

When you have legal rights, some rights are:

- Each person has the right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

- Everyone has the right to be secure against invalid search or seizure.

- Anyone charged with an offence has the right to be advised without unreasonable delay of the offence has the right.

- If someone is found guilty and punished for the offence has been varied between the time of obligation and of the time sentencing.

An example is when someone has done a crime (burglary, murder etc.) and then they go to court and then they are guilty and punished.

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                                       Mobility Rights

When you have mobility rights, some rights are:

- Everyone in Canada has the right to remain, leave or enter Canada.
- The people that can stay, leave and enter Canada has to be a permanent resident.
- Any laws or practices of general relevance in force in a province of present or previous settlement.

An example is when you are living in Canada now and you are going to Mexico. The mobility right is allowing you to leave your country to enter another.

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                                   Democratic Rights

When you have democratic rights, some rights are:

- That every Canadian has the right to vote in an election.
- No House of Commons shall sustain for prolonged than 5 years.
- When there is a war, an invasion or insurrection, a House of Commons can be continued by Parliament.
- At least once every year, there shall be a sitting of Parliament.

For an example of democratic rights, just like in the 1st right I wrote, everyone gets the right to vote in an election.

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