Action4Canada - March 14, 2022


The Charter of Rights vs The Bill of RIghts


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

143.55379

Word count

314

Sentence count

58


Summary

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The Bill of Rights was important in its day, but it is not applicable to all Canadians because it is a federal law. The Constitution applies to both federal and provincial things. It is the glue that keeps the country together and it was passed by everybody.

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00:00:00.000 The Bill of Rights was very important in its day, don't get me wrong, and it's still a federal law, but it's not applicable to all Canadians because it is a federal law.
00:00:09.920 Remember, we are not a unitary state like the United Kingdom or like France.
00:00:15.440 We are a federal state where there are certain powers in the provinces and there are certain powers in the federal government.
00:00:22.600 That's why a federal act only applies to federal things.
00:00:26.460 Provincial act only applies to provincial things.
00:00:29.440 But the Constitution applies to both federal and provincial things.
00:00:34.820 It is the glue that keeps the country together.
00:00:38.460 It is the main document and the supreme law of Canada.
00:00:43.460 And it was passed by everybody.
00:00:46.740 I have it right here on a book right here.
00:00:49.540 You can go in and find it for you.
00:00:51.940 It was passed by everybody.
00:00:54.200 And that's on the books.
00:00:55.960 Anybody can find out that.
00:00:57.540 It's not a secret.
00:01:00.620 The Queen was here.
00:01:01.620 She passed it.
00:01:02.220 I was present when she signed it.
00:01:04.300 So I'm familiar with that as the only living first minister now who helped create and sign the documents leading to the Constitution Act.
00:01:17.860 Well, that should be clear to everybody.
00:01:20.020 And if anybody has any questions later about that, and I'm only too happy to answer them.
00:01:25.180 But it's clear and unmistakable in law that the Charter is the document that applies to all of Canada.
00:01:33.140 The Bill of Rights, important as it was in its day as a federal act, only applied to federal jurisdiction or people under the federal law.
00:01:42.040 The Bill of Rights.
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