The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is what we are fighting for today because it applies to all Canadians, and it is the supreme law of Canada. It was passed by all the relevant parliaments, and signed off by the Queen, making Canada completely and absolutely sovereign.
00:00:00.000The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is what we are fighting for today, because it applies to all Canadians, and it is the supreme law of Canada.
00:00:11.320And it was passed in 1982 in the House of Commons, in the British Parliament.
00:00:19.720It was signed into law in April 1982 by Her Majesty the Queen right here in Canada.
00:00:27.300Some people are saying that it never became law.
00:00:31.300It was passed by all the relevant parliaments, and it was signed off by the Queen.
00:00:36.640And when she signed that, in that 1982 Constitution Act, which also contained the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, there are statements which say no more laws of England apply to Canada.
00:00:52.480All of Canada's laws in the future will be passed and completed in Canada.
00:00:59.020We don't need to go back to London anymore for any reference.
00:01:03.980We were totally and absolutely sovereign after the Constitution Act was passed.
00:01:10.140It was passed by all relevant parliaments.
00:01:12.740It was signed off by everybody that had to sign it, including the Queen.
00:01:16.360And it made Canada completely and absolutely sovereign.
00:01:21.200So everything after 1982 that Canada wanted to do, they could do under that Act, without any reference to any other country, including London, okay, or the United Kingdom, where a lot of us came from.
00:01:35.300And, of course, where we were crowned colonies before we became a nation.
00:01:40.740So I hope that's clear to everybody, because there are still some people who try to allege that the Bill of Rights is more important than the Charter.