1056:, 2015 SCC 7, it was held as a principle of fundamental justice that the state cannot impose obligations on lawyers that undermine their duty of commitment to clients. The case arose in the content of federal money laundering legislation which required lawyers to retain information on certain financial transactions. Even though solicitor-client privilege could be declared, the Court held that the law nonetheless undermined the public's confidence in lawyers' duty of commitment by requiring them to collect and retain significantly more information than what is needed for ethical and effective client representation.
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858:"Overbreadth analysis looks at the means chosen by the state in relation to its purpose. If the State, in pursuing a legitimate objective, uses means which are broader than is necessary to accomplish that objective, the principles of fundamental justice will be violated because the individual's rights will have been limited for no reason." (
1038:, 2001 SCC 24, the Court held that as a principle of fundamental justice, a person may not be found guilty of a criminal offence where the person faces "perilous circumstances" and is "deprived of a realistic choice whether to break the law." The Court affirmed moral involuntariness as a principle of fundamental justice in
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it must be a legal principle about which there is sufficient societal consensus that it is fundamental to the way in which the legal system should fairly operate, and it must be identified with sufficient precision to yield a manageable standard against which to measure deprivations of life, liberty,
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While some people feel economic rights ought to be included, jurisprudence in this area appears not to support this view. In 2003, the
Supreme Court ruled that, "The ability to generate business revenue by one's chosen means is not a right that is protected under s. 7 of the Charter." In 2004, Blair
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noted that "the weight of authority is that there is no constitutional right to practise a profession unfettered by the applicable rules which and standards which regulate that profession", before going on to conclude that the revocation of Mr. Mussani's licence to practice medicine did not deprive
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Section 7 rights can also be violated by the conduct of a party other than a
Canadian government body. The government need only be a participant or complicit in the conduct threatening the right, where the violation must be a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the government actions.
942:" to the extent that the Canadian government would breach fundamental justice if they extradited people there, and thus put them at risk of something shocking. In determining what would shock the conscience, the Court said some elements of fundamental justice in Canada, such as the
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would be inconsistent with liberty unless it is consistent with fundamental justice). However, the right has been extended to include the power to make important personal choices. The court described it as " the core of what it means to be an autonomous human being blessed with
520:, in which two parents attempted to block a certain treatment for their child on religious grounds, it was argued that the personal choice aspect of liberty guaranteed family privacy. This argument drew from American case law, but the Supreme Court pointed out section 7 of the
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All three rights may be compromised in the cases where the infringing law is in "accordance with the principles of fundamental justice". That is, there are core values within the justice system that must prevail over these rights for the greater good of society. These include
843:, for example, a statute which made it illegal to "unduly" prevent or lessen competition was upheld. Although the wording was undeniably open-ended and uncertain, the concept of undue interference with competition was deemed sufficient to enable legal debate on the subject.
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Third, there is the right to security of the person, which consists of rights to privacy of the body and its health and of the right protecting the "psychological integrity" of an individual. That is, the right protects against significant government-inflicted harm
1161:, and the Canadian Bill adds the right to "enjoyment of property." The fact that section 7 excludes a right contained in its sister laws is taken as significant, and thus rights to property are not even read into the rights to liberty and security of the person.
1024:, 1988 CanLII 147 (ON CA), the Ontario Court of Appeal found that section 7 requires the appointment of counsel for an accused facing a serious criminal charge who is not capable of representing himself and not financially able to retain counsel.
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disproportionate punishment (as that constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, prohibited by section 12), it could otherwise derogate from proportionality as it wished since the principle did not have freestanding constitutional status.
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Anyone accused of a criminal charge has the right to know the case against them and put forward a defence. In addition to being a principle of fundamental justice, this right is also protected by the right to a fair trial under
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contains individual rights, and hence there cannot be family rights. Still, mindful that there was still choices involved in the family situation, the
Supreme Court split on whether liberty rights were infringed. Likewise, in
707:, taking away property essential to one's profession, or denying licenses. However, section 7 is primarily concerned with legal rights, so this reading of economic rights is questionable. Many economic issues could also be
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him of life, liberty or the security of his person. The courts have also held that "salary or compensation (in whatever form they may take), are in my view a purely economic right, and are not protected by section 7".
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and can help the civil rights flourish in a liveable environment. There has also been discussion within the
Supreme Court and among academics as to whether security of the person guarantees some economic rights.
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the court held that the right to silence was a principle of fundamental justice. Statements of the accused may not be achieved through police trickery and silence may not be used to make any inference of guilt.
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is a constitutional provision that protects an individual's autonomy and personal legal rights from actions of the government in Canada. There are three types of protection within the section: the
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breached women's security of person by threatening their health. Some judges also felt control of the body was a right within security of the person, breached by the abortion law. However, in
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938:(1987), the Supreme Court found that government decisions to extradite people are bound by section 7. Moreover, it is possible that a potential punishment in the receiving country "
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in administrative proceedings and in the adjudicative context, and has in certain circumstances touched upon major national policy issues such as entitlement to
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nor has it been interpreted to impose any positive obligations upon the government. However, the
Supreme Court of Canada has not ruled out these alternatives.
756:, are part of fundamental justice under section 7 as well). Other "Principles" are determined by the court and form the basis of the Canadian legal system.
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right, however the rights are between you and the government and not between you and a member of your family. In the 1995 Supreme Court decision
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suggested that section 7 be extended to protect the "enjoyment of property." Some provincial governments, including that of
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Where an individual is criminally charged under an exceptionally complex or difficult to understand statute (such as the
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to breach security of the person, since delays in medical treatment can result in serious physical pain, or even death.
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matters that did not involve the justice system, and section 7 was concentrated on the justice system.
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and independence in matters that can be characterized as fundamentally or inherently personal". (
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359:provision provides both
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2271:Parliamentary privilege
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1696:Quebec Conference, 1864
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129:,
125:,
97:,
93:,
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1996:9
1991:8
1986:7
1981:6
1976:5
1971:4
1966:3
1961:2
1956:1
1564:e
1557:t
1550:v
1450:.
1415:.
598:(
316:e
309:t
302:v
131:9
127:8
123:7
111:6
99:5
95:4
91:3
79:2
67:1
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