Terms

Question 1

Right

Answer 1

Legal, moral, or social entitlement that citizens can expect mainly from government

Question 2

Freedom

Answer 2

The right to conduct ones affairs without governmental interference

Question 3

Entrench

Answer 3

To protect and guarantee a right or freedom by ensuring that it can only be changed by an amendment to the constitution

Question 4

Notwithstanding Clause

Answer 4

S. 33 of the Canadian Charter of Freedom and freedoms, which allows federal and provincial governments to pass legislations that is exempt from s. 2 and ss. 7-15

Question 5

Interveners

Answer 5

third-party participants in a legal proceedings; also called “friends of the court”

Question 6

Extraditions

Answer 6

Surrendering an accused person to another jurisdiction to stand trial

Question 7

Capital offence

Answer 7

A crime punishable by death in some jurisdictions.

Question 8

Human Rights

Answer 8

The right to receive equal treatment, and to be free from prohibited discrimination and harassment. And to have access to places Services, and opportunities.

Question 9

Discrimination

Answer 9

Making a distinction between people and treating them differently on a basis other than individual merit

Question 10

Human Rights Code
(Short)

Answer 10

a legal document that protects people from prohibited discrimination

Question 11

Stereotyping

Answer 11

Having an oversimplified, or fixed judgment of a group of people

Question 12

Prejudice

Answer 12

A pre-convinced opinion based on a stereotype or inadequate information

Question 13

complainant

Answer 13

The person making allegations of discrimination

Question 14

Prima facie

Answer 14

Legally convincing unless disapproved by contrary evidence

Question 15

Graveman

Answer 15

The most serious part of an accusation

Question 16

Respondent

Answer 16

The person or organization that the Complainant alleges made the discrimination

Question 17

Mediation

Answer 17

Intervention between conflicting parties that promotes compromise or settlement of the dispute

Question 18

Conciliation

Answer 18

Bringing conflicting parties to a resolution of their differences

Question 19

Bona fide occupational requirement

Answer 19

A qualification that would be considered discriminatory but is necessary for proper job performance

Question 20

Affirmative action

Answer 20

Giving advantages to groups who have been discriminated against in the past

Question 21

Constructive discrimination

Answer 21

Employment policies that inadvertently exclude certain individuals, resulting in discrimination

Question 22

Direct Discrimination

Answer 22

An act of discrimination practiced openly
Ex. Refusing service or employment from someone based on skin colour or race or religon

Question 23

Accommodate

Answer 23

Eliminate or adjust requirements or conditions to enable a person to carry out the essential duties of an activity or job

Question 24

Harassment

Answer 24

persistent behaviour that violates the human rights of a victim

Question 25

Sexual Harassment

Answer 25

Unwelcome sexual contact, remarks, leering, demands for dates, requests for sexual favors, and displays of sexually offensive pictures and graffiti

Question 26

Poisoned Environment

Answer 26

An uncomfortable or disturbing atmosphere created by the negative comments or behaviors of others

Question 27

Goods

Answer 27

Merchandise that can be purchased

Question 28

Services

Answer 28

Ways of meeting consumer needs that do not involve the purchase of tangible goods

Question 29

Double Jeopardy

Answer 29

If a person is found guilty and is punished for the offense, he/she cannot be punished for it again.

Question 30

The right to life

Answer 30

Identifies that everyone has the right to life

Question 31

The right to Liberty

Answer 31

The person must not be deprived of this right, or imprisoned, except in accordance with the principles of fundamental Justice

Question 32

The right to security

Answer 32

To protect people against certain forms of corporal punishment and physical suffering

Question 33

protection from the charter

Answer 33

Protection from abuse by government or its agencies

Question 34

Responsible Government

Answer 34

The people we elect to make laws and govern us are responsible to us for what they do in parliament and the legislature of the provinces. If we aren't satisfied with the things they do, or the law they pass, at the next election, we vote for someone we think would do a better job

Question 35

Civil Liability

Answer 35

Phrase the describes monetary compensation to another person who has suffered a loss because of a violation of private law Ex. Breach of contract, Assault