Simon's Megalomaniacal Legal Resources

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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BACKGROUND

My legal career has roughly spanned the life of the Charter, and I have been involved with several Charter cases, two of them successful - one to the Supreme Court of Canada [Ramsden v. Peterborough (City) (SCC, 1993)]. Canada is blessed with an 'active' constitution, primarily in the form of the Charter but also in it's Constitution (non-Charter) form (typically in the 'division of powers' doctrine).

Charter - Interpretation
Charter - 'Values'
Charter - Development

Charter - Appeals
Charter - Judicial Review (JR)

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ABUSE OF PROCESS
Charter - Abuse of Process

ADMINISTRATIVE
Charter - Administrative (+) [#ADMINISTRATIVE]

APPLICATION [s.32]
Charter - Application (s.32) (+)

ARBITRARINESS
Charter - Arbitrariness

ASSOCIATION, FREEDOM OF [s.2(d)]
Charter - Association (s.2d) (+)

CAUSATION
Charter - Causation

COMMON LAW
Charter - Common Law

COUNSEL, RIGHT TO [s.10(b)]
Charter - Right to Counsel [s.10(b)] (+)

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL [s.12]
Charter - Cruel and Unusual Treatment or Punishment (s.12) (+)

DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS [s.3]
Charter - Democratic Rights (s.3) (+)

DETENTION AND IMPRISONMENT [s.9/10]
Charter - Detention (s.9)
Charter - Detention - 'Informed Promptly of Reasons for' [s.10(a)]

DISCRIMINATION [s.15]
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) (+)
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Analogous Grounds
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Prima Facie
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Adverse Effect
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Remedy
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Pleadings
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Standing
Charter - Discrimination (s.15) - Partial Discrimination

DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Charter - Double Jeopardy [s.11(h)]

EDUCATION
Charter - Education

EVIDENCE
Charter - Evidence
Charter - Exclusion of Criminal Evidence [s.24(2)] (+)
Charter - Evidence - 'Reasonable Hypotheticals'

EXPRESSION [s.2(b)]
Charter - Freedom of Expression (s.2b) (+)
Charter - Freedom of Expression (s.2b) - Commercial

FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS [s.2]
Charter - Fundamental Freedoms (s.2)

HABEAS CORPUS [s.10(c)]
Habeas Corpus [#HABEAS-CORPUS]
Charter - Habeas Corpus [s.10(c)]

HUMAN RIGHTS CODE
Charter - Human Rights Code (HRC)

INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL TRIBUNAL
Charter - 'Independent and Impartial Tribunal' [s.11(d)]

INDIGENOUS
Indigenous Rights and the Charter [s.25]

INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTIONS AND STAYS (RJR)
Charter - Interlocutory Injunctions and Stays (RJR)

JURY TRIAL RIGHT [s.11(f)]
Charter - Jury Trial Right Where Five Years Imprisonment [(s.11(f)]

LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION [s.14]
Charter - Language Interpretation (s.14)

LANGUAGE RIGHTS [s.19,23]
Charter - Language Rights (s.19,23) (+)

LEGAL RIGHTS [s.7]
Charter - Legal Rights (s.7) (+)
Charter - s.7 Legal Rights - Absolute Liability

LESSER PUNISHMENT [s.11(i)]
Charter - Lesser Punishment [s.11(i)] (+)

MOBILITY RIGHTS [s.6]
Charter - Mobility Rights (s.6)

MOOTNESS
Charter - Mootness

NOTICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION
Constitution - Notice of Constitutional Question

NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE [s.33]
Charter - 'Notwithstanding Clause' (s.33)

OAKES TEST [s.1]
Charter - Oakes Test (s.1) (+)
Charter - s.1 Oakes Test - Pressing and Substantial Objective
Charter - s.1 Oakes Test - Proportionality
. Charter - s.1 Oakes Test - Minimum Impairment
. Charter - s.1 Oakes Test - Rational Connection
. Charter - s.1 Oakes Test - Means-Ends Balancing

OVERBREADTH
Charter - Overbreadth

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY [s.2(c)]
Charter - Peaceful Assembly [s.2(c)]

POSITIVE RIGHTS
Charter - Positive Rights

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
Charter - Presumption of Innocence [s.11(d)]

PRESUMPTION OF STATUTORY CONFORMITY
Charter - Presumption of Statutory Conformity

PROCEDURE
Charter - Procedure
|||Notice of constitutional question [Courts of Justice Act, s.109 (Ont)] [#COURTS]

PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL AND PENAL MATTERS [s.11(a-i)]
Charter - 'Proceedings in Criminal and Penal Matters' [s.11(a-i)]

PURPOSE OF IMPUGNED LAW
Charter - Purpose of Impugned Law

RELIGION, FREEDOM OF [s.2(a)]
Charter - Freedom of Religion [s.2(a)] (+)

REMEDIES
Charter - Remedies [s.24(1)] (+)
Constitution - Declarations of Invalidity (s.52) (+) [LINKED from /Constitution (Non-Charter)]
Charter - Damages (+)
Charter - References

RETROACTIVE OFFENCES [s.11(g)]
Charter - Retroactive Offences [s.11(g)]

SEARCH AND SEIZURE [s.8]
Charter - Search and Seizure (s.8) (+)
Charter - Search and Seizure (s.8) - Test
Charter - Search and Seizure (s.8) - Informational Privacy
Charter - Search and Seizure (s.8) - 'Reasonable Expectation of Privacy' (+)
Charter - Search and Seizure (s.8) - Border and Customs
Charter - Search and Seizure (s.8) - Analytic Framework

SELF-INCRIMINATION
Charter - Self-Incrimination (s.13)
Charter - Compellability [s.11(c)]

STANDING
Charter - Standing

STARE DECISIS (CHARTER)
Charter - Stare Decisis

TRIAL DELAY [s.11(b)]
Charter - Trial Delay [s.11(b)] (+)
Charter - Trial Delay [s.11(b)] - COVID

VAGUENESS
Charter - Vagueness

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES

Wikipedia - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Charterpedia (Canadian government)

[last edit 20 Nov 2022]