Your starting point for this assignment is the Canadian Legal Information Institute at http://www.canlii.org/
1. Choose English
2. Choose Federal (sidebar)
3. Scroll down to see what is available.
Where would you learn what is being discussed in Parliament?
4. Which is the most commonly consulted document? (Clue: the one at the top of the list).
5. Find the Charter Decisions Digest and click on the link. Identify the sections that would apply to the following:
a. Forming a group with others: __________________________________________________________
b. Voicing your opinion: ________________________________________
c. Voting in an election: ________________________________________
d. Taking a job in another province: ______________________________
e. Being told by a police officer the reason for one’s arrest: ____________
f. Not to have to say anything against oneself that might lead to arrest: __________________________________________________________
g. Maintaining immigrant cultures and traditions: ____________________
h. Putting limits on individual charter protection: ____________________
6. Click on S.1 Rights and freedoms in Canada. Read the Overview. Which case determined ‘reasonable limits’? ______________________________________________________________________
6. Click on the case dealing with ‘reasonable limit’ and read the first paragraph: In the following sentence, underline the part of the sentence that is referred to as “reverse onus”.
That section provides that if the Court finds the accused in possession of a narcotic, the accused is presumed to be in possession for the purpose of trafficking and that, absent the accused's establishing the contrary, he must be convicted of trafficking.
7. If a legal challenge to the constitutionality of legislation is made, where does such a challenge originate?
8. In this section of the Charter Digest you will find nine sections. Choose one section with two other classmates and prepare a short presentation in which you present the highlights.
