Charter Statement - Bill C-34: An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022

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Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary debate on government bills. One of the Minister of Justice’s most important responsibilities is to examine legislation for inconsistency with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [“the Charter”]. By tabling a Charter Statement, the Minister is sharing some of the key considerations that informed the review of a bill for inconsistency with the Charter. A Statement identifies Charter rights and freedoms that may potentially be engaged by a bill and provides a brief explanation of the nature of any engagement, in light of the measures being proposed. A Charter Statement also identifies potential justifications for any limits a bill may impose on Charter rights and freedoms. Section 1 of the Charter provides that rights and freedoms may be subject to reasonable limits if those limits are prescribed by law and demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. This means that Parliament may enact laws that limit Charter rights and freedoms. The Charter will be violated only where a limit is not demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society. A Charter Statement is intended to provide legal information to the public and Parliament on a bill’s potential effects on rights and freedoms that are neither trivial nor too speculative. It is not intended to be a comprehensive overview of all conceivable Charter considerations. Additional considerations relevant to the constitutionality of a bill may also arise in the course of Parliamentary study and amendment of a bill. A Statement is not a legal opinion on the constitutionality of a bill.

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Author(s):

Department of Justice Canada

Department of Justice Canada

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Source Repository:

Canadian Urban Data Catalogue

Publisher(s):

Department of Justice Canada

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Access:

Public

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License:

Open Government Licence - Canada https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

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https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/d84c02db-a60f-4840-a5d9-e57f31612319

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Publication date:

2021-06-23

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Keywords:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Government and Politics, Department of Justice, Justice Canada Publications, Charter Statement, and 43rd Parliament 2nd Session

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Identifier:

https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/d84c02db-a60f-4840-a5d9-e57f31612319

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APA Citation:

of Justice Canada, D. (2021). Charter Statement - Bill C-34: An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 [Data set]. Canadian Urban Data Catalogue. https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/d84c02db-a60f-4840-a5d9-e57f31612319

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