Question

Vocabulary: Please define the following in your own words.

American Bill of Rights
Anti-Terrorism Act
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Emergency and Security Legislation
Illiberal
Language Legislation
Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
Respect for Law and Order
Terrorism


Inquiry questions:

a) Why and to what extent do some liberal democratic governments promote individual rights?
b) Why and to what extent do some liberal democratic governments promote collective rights?
c) How does Canada recognize collective rights?

a) How do liberal democracies balance the perceived common good with the need to respect rights?
b) What efforts have been made to entrench First Nations, Metis, and Inuit rights?
c) Why has France moved to place restrictions on Religious symbolism?

3. a) Why might governments choose to reject the principles of liberalism in some cases?
b) Should liberal democracies always adhere to the principles of liberalism?
c) What is the War Measures Act?
d) How was the War Measures Act used in the First World War?
e) How was the War Measures Act used in the Second World War?
f) How was the War Measures Act used in the October Crisis?
g) What emergency and security legislation exists in Canada today?
h) How has the US PATRIOT Act restricted freedom?
i) How has Canada’s no fly list restricted freedom?

Answer 1

A) Liberalism sought to replace the norms of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, the divine right of kings and traditional conservatism with representative democracy, rule of law and equality under the law.

B) In liberal democracy, an elected government cannot discriminate against specific individuals or groups when it administers justice, protects basic rights such as freedom of assembly and free speech, provides for collective security, or distributes economic and social benefits.

C) Collective rights are different than individual rights. Every Canadian citizen and permanent resident has individual rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, such as the right to live anywhere in Canada. Collective rights are rights Canadians hold because they belong to one of several groups in society.

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