The Hill Times
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may not mean much to those who have grown up under its protection. But if you look to many of the reasons Canadians are respected around the world, it is because of the way minorities are treated here. Whether it be gender equality, visible minority treatment, gays, lesbians, or transgendered rights, the 1982 Charter has paved the way for everything from access to abortion to gay marriage.
The Charter also paved the way for minority official language education across the country. Before the Charter's introduction in 1982, the majority of provinces refused to educate francophones in their mother tongue. Charter equality provisions prompted francophone groups across the country to sue governments, and secure their Charter rights to a full education in their language.
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