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Human Rights in Canada

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Human Rights in Canada

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  1. Human Rights in Canada Presented by: http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  2. What are rights? • Claims for entitlements formed on the basis of justice and law. • Apply to everyone when claimed • Something that the claimer wants but is not in a position to get it. http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  3. Characteristics of Rights • Not absolute • Major aim is to make sure that someone else’s rights are not violated or distinguished. • Often collide • Positive rights require something to be done by the state • Negative rights do not require the government to do anything. http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  4. How does the current economic and political structure affect human rights? • Discrimination against African-Canadian students in the education system. • Right to education irrespective of his race or ethnicity. • Ongoing homelessness http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  5. Increasing tuition fees has a discriminatory effect on low income groups. • Lack of a legally enforceable right to get enough welfare benefits. • Decrease in welfare benefits. • Political will to enforce human rights laws is weak. http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  6. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom • Canadian charter of rights and freedom was passed in 1982 • Forms part of the constitution of Canada. • Charter does not comprise of economic or social rights • Wide in scope. • Addresses political and civil rights. • Applicable to the government only http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  7. The Ontario Human Rights Code • Came into force in 1962. • Apply in situations where an individual experiences harassment or discrimination in the provision of services, employment, or housing. • Applies to municipal government, private sector, and Ontario. http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  8. Discrimination • Distinction based on unique characteristics of the individual or group. • Impose obligations, burdens, or disadvantages • Looks at individuals who limit or withhold benefits, opportunities, and available advantages from members of the society. http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  9. Harassment • Form of discrimination. • Involving in a course of vexatious unwelcome conduct or comment. • Individuals may be discriminated upon based on race, color, sex, religion, and ethnicity among other factors. http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

  10. What needs to change to close the gap between the reality of ongoing oppression and discrimination and the promises held out by our human rights laws?  • Strengthen regulatory bodies • Human rights commission carry out an investigation themselves. • Implementation of human rights http://homeworkwritinghelp.com/

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