Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms

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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms sets out rights and freedoms that reflect Canadians idea of a free country. The Charter has combined other Canadian laws, protecting many of the rights and freedoms that are now brought together in it. Most important rights and freedoms protected by the Charter are freedom of expression, the right to a democratic government, legal rights of persons alleged of crimes, the right to equality, including the equivalence of men and women, the right to live and work everywhere in Canada, and many others (Government of Canada, 2017). There are also three sections who allows limitation to these rights. Section 1 sets out reasonable exceptions, for example, to prevent the limitation of freedom of others due