Action4Canada - March 13, 2022


Canada Became Free From England in 1982

Hosted by
Tanya Gaw
Empower Hour Weekly Update March 8th The Charter of Rights vs The Bill of RIghts

Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

143.09

Word count

267

Sentence count

17


Summary

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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.

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00:00:00.000 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.
00:00:11.320 And it was passed in 1982 in the House of Commons, in the British Parliament.
00:00:19.720 It was signed into law in April 1982 by Her Majesty the Queen right here in Canada.
00:00:27.300 Some people are saying that it never became law.
00:00:30.320 Oh, yes, it did.
00:00:31.300 It was passed by all the relevant parliaments, and it was signed off by the Queen.
00:00:36.640 And 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.
00:00:52.480 All of Canada's laws in the future will be passed and completed in Canada.
00:00:59.020 We don't need to go back to London anymore for any reference.
00:01:03.980 We were totally and absolutely sovereign after the Constitution Act was passed.
00:01:10.140 It was passed by all relevant parliaments.
00:01:12.740 It was signed off by everybody that had to sign it, including the Queen.
00:01:16.360 And it made Canada completely and absolutely sovereign.
00:01:21.200 So 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.
00:01:35.300 And, of course, where we were crowned colonies before we became a nation.
00:01:40.740 So 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.
00:01:51.040 Thank you.