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Citing Canadian values, Canadian courts have rejected assertions that violence against women is in some circumstances acceptable because of one's religious and cultural beliefs. In the R v. Humaid decision, Justice Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice [58] stated:
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, was intended to be a source for Canadian values and national unity. [84] The 15th Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau wrote in his Memoirs that: Canada itself could now be defined as a "society where all people are equal and where they share some fundamental values based upon freedom", and that all ...
The maple leaf is the symbol most associated with Canadian identity. Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world.
Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spiritual, material, intellectual and affective – that characterize Québécois society. This term encompasses the arts, literature, institutions and traditions created by Québécois, as well as the collective beliefs, values and lifestyle of Québécois.
The preamble of the act declares that, WHEREAS the Constitution of Canada provides that every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination and that everyone has the freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief, opinion, expression, peaceful assembly and association and guarantees those rights and ...
The Court also said religious beliefs are vacillating, so courts trying to determine an individual belief should be mindful that beliefs may change. Following this test in Multani v Commission scolaire Marguerite‑Bourgeoys, [8] the Court found freedom of religion should protect a non-violent Sikh student's right to wear a kirpan (dagger) in ...
The elderly Chinese immigrant came to the office of Vancouver lawyer Trevor Todd, a long-time neighbour, with plans to write his will.He brought with him his wife of 35 years " and the intention ...
Some New Canadians, according to journalist Steven Edgington, have accused the Canadian Government of promoting only "an aroma" or a façade of multiculturalism, while being guilty of "religious intolerance", for example, whenever the moral and ethical codes of Eastern Religions such as Hinduism or Buddhism conflict with "Canadian values". [133]