Bill S-15: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act

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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.
Author(s):
Department of Justice Canada

Department of Justice Canada

Source Repository:
Canadian Urban Data Catalogue
Publisher(s):
Department of Justice Canada
Access:
Public
License:
Open Government Licence - Canada https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
URL:
https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/b7600ac2-ae20-470a-852f-1f0f4a7ae3a6
Publication date:
2023-12-11
Keywords:
Agriculture, Criminal Code, Law, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Nature and Environment, Government and Politics, Charter Statement, Legislation Justice System, 1st Session, 44th Parliament, and Wild Animal and Plant Protection
Identifier:
https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/b7600ac2-ae20-470a-852f-1f0f4a7ae3a6

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of Justice Canada, D. (2023). Bill S-15: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act [Data set]. Canadian Urban Data Catalogue. https://data.urbandatacentre.ca/dataset/b7600ac2-ae20-470a-852f-1f0f4a7ae3a6
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