Everyone
has the following fundamental freedoms:
(a)
freedom of conscience and religion;
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including
freedom of the press and other means of communication;
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
(d) freedom of association.
Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Workplace harassment, including
sexual harassment and discrimination in the work place are covered by
human rights legislation.
Sites related to civil rights
and domestic human rights are included in these links, along with sites
for international human rights.
June 28, 2005 - Same Sex Marriage Law Passes in the House of Commons
The House of Commons voted to adopt controversial legislation that will make Canada the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
The bill will become official once it receives approval in the Senate, likely within days. With it the barriers to gay and lesbian weddings will be removed in Alberta, PEI, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories — the last jurisdictions where courts have not yet struck down the marriage law.
The legislation applies to civic weddings at public places, like city halls and courthouses. No religious groups will be forced to sanctify same-sex marriages if they don't want to.
References
The
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Alberta
Civil Liberties Research Centre
Alberta's
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act.
BC
Human Rights Code
New
Brunswick's Human Rights Act
Ontario
Human Rights Code
The
United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Alberta
Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Manitoba
Human Rights Commission
New
Brunswick Human Rights Commission
Nova
Scotia Human Rights Commission
Ontario
Human Rights Commission
Prince
Edward Island Human Rights Commission
Saskatchewan
Human Rights Commission
Amnesty
International
The
UN Human Rights Treaties
The UN human rights treaties are at the core of the international system
for the promotion and protection of human rights. Every UN member state
is a party to one or more of the six major human rights treaties. It is
a universal human rights legal system which applies to virtually every
child, woman or man in the world.
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Canadian Human, Civil Rights Law.
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